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COLWALL ORCHARD GROUP

Colwall Orchard Group Test
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In A Traditional Orchard...

We're mad keen about all things associated with traditional orchards... 


...but what is a traditional orchard, and what can you typically find in a traditional orchard in the way of trees, wildlife and flora?

WHAT IS A TRADITIONAL ORCHARD?

A traditional orchard will usually have the following characteristics:-


- there will be five or more fruit or nut trees present


- they will be grown in a 'low intensity manner', with few inputs


- the trees will be large-sized, typically with 6 foot of clear trunk at the base before the branches fan out


- they will be widely spaced apart, usually in rows, often at ten paces (c. 30 foot) spacings between trees


- the grass sward will commonly be grazed by sheep or cattle


- the trees will live for a long time (perhaps over 100 years for an apple tree or 350 years for a perry pear tree)

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'An ancient tradition of collaboration between people and nature makes traditional orchards a unique example of simultaneous agriculture and conservation. If we can rewild England's orchards - favouring organic methods and harvesting with a balanced ecosystem in mind - not only wildlife but people will have a far richer England to profit from in the centuries to come.' 


Extract from frontispiece of Orchard - A Year In England's Eden by Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates.

Traditional Orchard Trees

Traditional Orchard Wildlife

Traditional Orchard Wildlife

Find out more about the types of fruit and nut trees  found in traditional orchards.

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Traditional Orchard Wildlife

Traditional Orchard Wildlife

Traditional Orchard Wildlife

Find out more about a selection of the species of wildlife found in traditional orchards.

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Traditional Orchard Flora

Traditional Orchard Wildlife

Traditional Orchard Flora

Find out more about a selection of the species of plants found in traditional orchards.

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English Nature Research Report #707

For a far more detailed case study of the biodiversity of three traditional orchards in the nearby Wyre Forest area of Worcestershire please see  the English Nature Research Report below.

ENGLISH NATURE RESEARCH REPORT 707 - PDF

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