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Art exhibition brings together a community artists
May 24, 2021
Newquay Orchard Art Exhibition combines pieces by local artist Maia Walczak and some of the Orchard’s artistically talented volunteers. The artwork will hang in the recently opened community café Canteen at the Orchard. This means everyone who visits Newquay’s not so secret garden for coffee or a catch-up will be able to view the exhibition […]
Kowel Gwenen Co-workspace is open for business
May 18, 2021
The new co-workspace in Newquay Orchard has opened its doors for the first time and will welcome freelancers, creatives and business owners keen to be part of our local green project. The co-workspace model here at Newquay Orchard is the first of its kind in the UK bringing together a community garden and collaborative office-working […]
Mental health and how Hetty gardens for wellbeing
May 10, 2021
This Mental Health Awareness Week 10th – 16th May the theme is ‘nature’ which as you might expect is something we feel very strongly about here at Newquay Orchard. A recent study found that increasing the amount of time spent gardening had a positive effect on respondents mental health whilst another study discovered 45% of […]
Cornwall permaculture pioneer brings edible meadows to Newquay Orchard
April 20, 2021
Newquay Orchard interns and volunteers spent a day with renowned permaculture expert Sid Hill, creating two ‘edible meadows’ at the community green space. The multi-award-winning garden designer, teacher and researcher, who has appeared on Gardener’s World and trained at the Eden Project, worked with the Newquay Orchard team, teaching them about ancient agriculture techniques and […]
Power of community (and plants) on the coast
April 12, 2021
We have recently been featured in a national report detailing the ways deprivation in coastal towns can benefit from community-led regeneration – projects like Newquay Orchard! The report called Power of Community on the Coast was carried out by UK charity Locality and includes Newquay as a case study, alongside Amble, Hastings, Birkenhead and Great […]
Canteen at the Orchard ready to re-wild coffee lovers
March 31, 2021
Canteen at the Orchard are now open! They will be open daily from now on for takeaway coffee, breakfast and lunch, 8:30am – 4pm. Based inside Kowel Gwenen, the new community building here at Newquay Orchard, the team are keen to start serving good people good food. Ben Quinn, founder of Canteen Cornwall, is launching […]
Avenue of Hope brings springtime happiness
March 22, 2021
Our volunteers here at Newquay Community Orchard have been decorating slates and placing them along the espalier to create the Avenue of Hope – and hail a much-needed springtime for visitors to Newquay’s not so secret garden. Steve Wright, Delivery Coordinator and familiar face to volunteers here at Newquay Orchard, led the project. It was […]
Local artist Maia brings some colour to the Orchard
March 12, 2021
With the launch of the new community building and café here at Newquay Orchard not far away the team have been working closely with volunteers and a local artist to bring some of the new surfaces to life – starting with the toilet doors! Newquay based artist Maia Walczak has been creating original designs to […]
Newquay Food Hub
December 10, 2020
Newquay Orchard and partners to distribute THOUSANDS of meals across Newquay this Christmas. Newquay Community Orchard, in partnership with Cornish food charity The Hive and the team from value-led restaurant Canteen at the Orchard, are set to distribute over 5000 freshly made meals across Newquay this Christmas season. The project sees organisations working together to […]
Orchard Trainees join Urban Biodiversity at Nansledan
October 29, 2020
The second cohort of Trainees from Newquay Community Orchard are excited to get started on this year’s traineeship with the Urban Biodiversity Landscape team – and have a busy few months ahead. The Practical Outdoor Traineeship is a six month work experience and education programme coordinated between Newquay Orchard, Urban Biodiversity and the Learning Partnership, that […]
Urban Tree Challenge
March 9, 2020
On Saturday 7th March 2020, Newquay Orchard, in partnership with environmental charity Trees for Cities, held a tree planting day for the town giving the community the opportunity to join a national climate change initiative. As part of the government’s 2017 commitment to plant 1 million urban trees by 2022, environmental charity Trees for Cities […]
First cohort of trainees at Newquay Orchard complete their course
December 21, 2019
This month the first cohort of trainees at Newquay Community Orchard, are celebrating completing their six-month course. Molly Dunn, Luke Ball-Hymns, Dev Morgan and James Willcox have been working at Nansledan, the Duchy of Cornwall development in Newquay, keeping the area weed and litter free and caring for the fruit trees and herb beds that […]