About this Event
Help Create the W3 Community Orchard 🌳
Join our free community orchard programme in partnership with Artification and help plant and care for a vibrant new orchard in North Acton Playing Fields— creating a place where people, wildlife and nature can blossom.
About the project
Through a series of friendly, practical workshops you’ll learn how to design, plant, prune and care for a community orchard.
The programme is:
- Free, family friendly and open to everyone
- Flexible - join the whole programme or book individual sessions
- Suitable for complete beginners
- Practical, friendly and community-led
Lunch or refreshments provided. If events are sold out, please contact the organiser to be added to waitlist.
If you have any accessibility requirements please contact organiser in confidence.
Everyone welcome, but under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Programme
Taste the Orchard
Date: Saturday 24 October 2026
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Venue: North Acton Playing Fields Pavillion
- Drop in event at the W3 October Harvest Fest
- Taste different fruits and locally produced apple juice
- Learn about the community orchard and get involved
Co-design the Orchard
Date: Tuesday 17 November 2026
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Venue: North Acton Playing Fields Pavillion
- Learn about the principles of orchard design, planting for resilience, biodiversity and people
- Choose the fruit and nut trees and fruit bushes for the site
Orchard Care and Management
Date: Tuesday 19 January 2027
Time: 1pm-4pm
Venue: North Acton Playing Fields Pavillion
- Learn about orchard care and management
- How to prune young fruit trees
- Assessing tree health
- All tools provided
- This will be hands on and practical event, please come dressed for the outdoors.
Tree Planting Day
Date: Tuesday 9 February 2027
Time: 10.30am–3.30pm
Venue: North Acton Playing Fields Pavillion
- Help plant the orchard!
- Vegan Community Lunch - please get in touch with any dietary requirements
- Wassail!
Citizen Science
Date: Tuesday 9 March 2027
Time: 1pm-4pm
Venue: North Acton Playing Fields Pavillion
- How to monitor the orchard's soil and wildlife biodiversity
- Contribute to scientific research
- All equipment and training provided
- Community celebration
Come along, learn new skills, connect with other members of the community and help create a flourishing community orchard for North Acton 🍎💚🍎
For more information please get in touch with Daniella [email protected]
Supported by the Mayor of London’s Green Roots Fund.
Event venue & nearby stays
North Acton Pavilion, Eastfields Road, London, United Kingdom
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