Gloucestershire Orchard Group

Conserves, promotes and celebrates traditional orchards in Gloucestershire

Links

If you would like us to add your relevant website to this list, please contact Ann Smith smithcovell@btinternet.com GOG cannot be held responsible for accuracy of information.

National Orchard Forum (NOF) www.nat-orchard-forum.org.uk

An umbrella organization which covers most of the UK orchard groups, all of which aim to conserve traditional, local varieties of tree fruits. NOF assists in the vital exchange of information between the groups and the public.

Common Ground www.commonground.org.uk

www.england-in-particular.info

Gold Hill House, 21 High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8JE. 01747 850820

Email: info@commonground.org.uk

Common Ground is a national charity recognised for playing a unique role in the arts and environmental fields, distinguished by the linking of nature and culture and focussing on the positive investment people make in their own localities. Ongoing projects include, Community Orchards, Apple Day, Local Distinctiveness and Parish Maps.

Brogdale Horticultural Trust www.brogdale.org

Brogdale Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8XZ

UK National Fruit Collections www.nfc.u-net.com

Royal Horticultural Society www.rhs.org.uk

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT) www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk

Robinswood Hill Country Park , Reservoir Road, Gloucester GL4 6SX. 01452 383333

Gloucestershire Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) www.fwag.org.uk

Saw Mills End, Corinium Avenue, Gloucester GL4 3DE. 01452 627487

Email: gloucester@fwag.org.uk

FWAG is an independent organisation which helps farmers and landowners manage their land for the benefit of wildlife while maintaining a profitable and sustainable farming system. All advice is strictly confidential and without obligation, and farmers and landowners can receive an initial free visit from one of Gloucestershire's four advisers.

Gloucestershire Naturalists Society www.glosnats.org.uk

Gloucestershire Lichen Group www.orchard-group.uklinux.net/glos/lichen.html

The British Lichen Society www.theBLS.org.uk

c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

or, if you are interested in lichens in Gloucestershire, The Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society, www.glosnats.org.uk or the GNS Lichen Group lichen@potsherd.demon.co.uk

Information about mistletoe www.mistletoe.org.uk www.mistle.co.uk

The Bat Conservation Trust www.bats.org.uk

Peoples Trust for Endangered Species www.ptes.org PTES are conducting a Traditional Orchard Survey across England. For more information about this project, please email anita@ptes.org

National Biodiversity Network NBN Gateway www.searchnbn.net

and Species Dictionary www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn

Websites which allow wildlife information to be accessed and shared anywhere in Britain.

UK Phenology Network www.phenology.org.uk

“Nature’s Calendar”

DEFRA www.defra.gov.uk

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

The Tree Council www.treecouncil.org.uk

Ancient Tree Forum www.woodland-trust.org.uk

And ancient-tree-forum@woodland-trust.org

Tree Register of the British Isles www.treeregister.org

Native trees for sale through the Woodland Trust www.native-tree-shop.com

Small Woods Association www.smallwoods.org.uk

Local Carbon Offsetting www.localco2offset.co.uk

BTCV www.btcv.org

Local contact James Aylward. BTCV, Tithe Barn Centre, Brockworth Court, Brockworth, Gloucester. GL3 4QU. Tel: (01452) 864805.

Agroforestry Research Trust www.agroforestry.co.uk

Martin Crawford, 46 Hunters Moon, Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6JT

Fruits, nuts, seeds, plants, publications (including fruit tree directories). UK nonprofit group conducting research into temperate agroforestry and into all aspects of plant cropping and uses.

Clive Simms www.clivesimms.com

Specialist grower of nut trees and uncommon fruits for the edible garden.

Yellow Flag Wildflowers www.wildflowersuk.com

Local native seeds and plants. Plock Court, Gloucester.

Gloucestershire Organic Gardening Group (GOGG)

26 Mead Road , Cheltenham GL53 7DT . 01242 230442

We are the local group of the Henry Doubleday Research Association which was formed in September 1994. We meet at the Whiteway Colony Hall on the 3rd. Tuesday of the month at 7-30 from September to May. We usually have outdoor meetings including garden visits in June, July and August.

www.hdra.org.uk

Organic Conversion Information Service 0117 922 7707. For commercial-sized orchards (about 1 hectare upwards) considering organic conversion, literature and free on-farm advice (up to a day and a half).

Soil Association www.soilassociation.org

National Association of Farmers Markets www.farmersmarkets.net

Includes maps, lists of markets, news and information about membership.

National Farmers' Retail & Markets Association www.farma.org.uk

Cooperative of farm shops, farmers’ markets, PYO and box schemes etc

Fresh-n-Local Farmers’ Markets www.fresh-n-local.co.uk

By Clare and Kardien Gerbrands of Made In Stroud Ltd and Made In Gloucestershire Ltd

Farmers’ Markets in Gloucestershire www.foodlinks.info

The Old Gloucestershire Farmers’ Market Group www.ogfmg.org.uk

Market place www.forfarmers.com

Marketplace for buying and selling various breeds of garden, nursery, landscape, fruits, horticulture, flowers, plants, seeds, crops, vegetables as well as agricultural jobs and a wide range of services.

Taste Gloucestershire www.tastegloucestershire.co.uk

Taste of the West www.tasteofthewest.co.uk

Days Cottage Apple Juice www.applejuice.care4free.net

Award winning Day’s Cottage Pure Apple Juice is made with apples from traditional, mature orchards in Gloucestershire. The fruit comes only from unsprayed orchards, and dozens of different varieties are used, some unique to the county, including Newton Wonder, Pippins, Bramley, Blenheim Orange, Tom Putt, John Standish, Taynton Codlin, Jubilee, Ashmead’s Kernel and Underleaves. These give flavours unobtainable from modern commercial fruit, and can be enjoyed as unusual single varieties or as carefully blended juices. We also make a range of Ciders and Perry (pear cider), fermented and matured in oak barrels. Dave Kaspar/Helen Brent-Smith, Day’s Cottage, Upton Lane, Brookthorpe, Gloucester, GL4 0UT.

Tel , Fax & Answerphone 01452 813602

Email applejuice@care4free.net

Real Cyder & Perry www.minchews.co.uk

Tom Oliver Cider & Perry Maker www.theolivers.org.uk

Tom is also chairman of the Three Counties Cider & Perry Association and coordinates Project Perry (Slow Food).

Welsh Cider Society www.welshcider.co.uk

Dr. Andrew Lea, amateur cider maker www.cider.org.uk

CAMRA www.camra.org.uk

National organization for real cider

Slow Food www.slowfood.com

International movement opposing fast food and promoting dining as a source of pleasure. Includes “Project Perry”, a Three Counties Cider & Perry “presidia” (Gloucestershire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire).

Three Counties Cider and Perry Association www.thethreecountiesciderandperryassociation.co.uk

The Three Counties Showground www.threecounties.co.uk

Pershore College www.pershore.ac.uk

(includes Pershore College at Avonbank, Worcestershire, Hindlip College, and Holme Lacy College). Fruit courses held.

Marcher Apple Network www.marcherapple.net

Kemerton Conservation Trust www.kemerton.org

A charitable trust South Worcestershire, near Tewkesbury, promoting the conservation and preservation of natural and man made beauty through countryside stewardship in the Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire area. The estate contains several old orchards, managed with wildlife in mind.

Vision 21 www.vision21.org.uk

Promoting sustainable development in Gloucestershire.

Sustainable and ethical living www.downsizer.net

Julian Brandram www.appletrees.org.uk

Small, part-time business, based in Sheffield, supplying fruit trees, running community events, advice and consultancy.

Orange Pippin www.orangepippin.com

Website dedicated to describing the flavours of apples and the origins of different apple varieties.

Tullens Fruit Farm www.tullens.co.uk

Finest quality British apples at farm shop prices. English apples, organic lamb and apple juice at farm shop in Sussex.

Vale Landscape Heritage Trust  http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/valetrust

A charity in the Vale of Evesham and Pershore, protecting and preserving pockets of important and beautiful pieces of land, which include flood meadows and some orchards.