Southend Community Orchard Workshops

Aim

Regular nature and maintenance workshops at the 100 year old St Laurence Community Orchard for local people and families.

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For every £1 you donate (up to £250), a further £3 will be added, enabling us to help many more people! We want to provide workshops, nature engagement sessions and environmental activities at St Laurence Orchard. Can you help?

About St Laurence Orchard

St Laurence Community Orchard, at the end of Southend Airport runway,  is more than 100 years old and provides an amazing diverse habitat and learning environment. 

Trust Links has been managing the Orchard for more than 15 years, maintaining the original trees and planting new ones, as well as creating habitats for nature. We have an amazing crop of apples, plums and blackberries each Autumn. 

We want to open the Orchard up to more people

We love the community to come along to and be involved in St Laurence Orchard. In January we hold a Wassailing celebration to wake the trees up for the Spring. In April blossom day sees the buds emerging on the trees. In October we enjoy the harvest at Apple Day. Throughout the Spring, Summer and Autumn we hold regular work parties to connect people to the Orchard and help maintain the Orchard so that it is accessible and the trees are cared for.

We have recently installed a composting toilet, classroom and toolstore on the adjacent meadow. 

Can you help us help more people?

We need funding to hold regular workshops with children, families, and community members, so that people can learn about the Orchard, develop wildlife habitats, build skills around growing and harvesting fruit,  help with the maintenance of the Orchard, and engage with this rare and precious environment. 

We need your help to make it possible for us to save this vital habitat and improve our community's wellbeing. Please donate today!

This project successfully funded on 15th June 2023