Meadow Orchard Project

The Big Butterfly Count

The Big Butterfly Count is a UK-wide survey aimed at helping assess the health of our environment simply by counting the amount and type of butterflies (and some day-flying moths) we see. The Big Butterfly Count begins on Friday 12th July 2024 and will run until Sunday 4th August. Click the link below or scanContinue reading “The Big Butterfly Count”

Oak Processionary Moth

CAUTION We’ve found Oak Processionary Moth in two of the Oak trees at Meadow Orchard Project. Nests are out of reach and have now been fenced off as a precaution, whilst we arrange for them to be removed. If you think you may have touched or been exposed to oak processionary moths or caterpillars (orContinue reading “Oak Processionary Moth”

Our Cob Oven

Welcome to the Meadow Orchards community oven, built by hand in 2012, using clay from this site. Please read these instructions carefully before firing.

Garden Project Plan

Current ProposalPlease find attached below our current proposal to re-develop the Food Growing or Kitchen Garden Area of the Meadow Orchard Community Garden. Our PlansThe Plan is available to view online as a webpage or download as a PDF. The proposal is a working document and has some great links to our planting schedule, plantingContinue reading “Garden Project Plan”

Sowing & Growing

What are we growingOur growing season is really gaining momentum now, from garlic to broad beans, tomatoes to romanesco, all manner of seeds are being sown ready to plant out in our revitalised polytunnel and brand new raised beds. We’ve cultivated the beds in the poly and installed a new row of pallet collar (reclaimedContinue reading “Sowing & Growing”

Green woodworking @MOP

Traditional skillsGreen woodworking is a traditional method of woodworking where freshly cut, or “green,” wood is used, that is wood that hasn’t been kiln-dried or “seasoned”. Green woodworking mainly relies on using hand tools and traditional techniques to work the wood while it is still in its green state, unlike traditional carpentry or joinery whereContinue reading “Green woodworking @MOP”

Beekeeping

The Bees are back in townWe are proud to announce that we welcomed beekeeping back to Meadow Orchard last Spring! With the advent of the fruit tree blossom we were once again rewarded by the sight of emerging bees foraging in the warmer spring weather after they had been balled up inside their hives overContinue reading “Beekeeping”

Social Farms & Gardens

Meadow Orchard Project is a member of the Social Farms & Gardens network. Social Farms & Gardens is a UK wide charity supporting communities to farm, garden and grow together. Social Farms & Gardens – vision and mission Social Farms and Gardens, help people and communities reach their full potential through nature-based activities as aContinue reading “Social Farms & Gardens”

Capital Growth

#GoodtoGrow2024 Meadow Orchard Project is a member of the London Capital Growth network, we are also registered for the Good to Grow campaign 2024. Sustain, the organisation that runs Capital Growth has a network of all of the member gardens, the Good to Grow Network. Good to Grow (the new name for the Big Dig)Continue reading “Capital Growth”

Garden Plans

Current Plans We are currently redeveloping the food growing area of raised beds around the polytunnel. The site has looked a little like a construction site over the winter as our volunteers carried out this heavy work, preparing new scaffold board raised beds and installing hugelbeds. Former usageThe history of the site is quite variedContinue reading “Garden Plans”