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Community Spirit at Newquay Orchard with Treehouse’s Family Fireside Fun
November 18, 2019
On Saturday 16th November, Treehouse Arts CIC held their first pop-up event at Newquay Community Orchard. The event, aimed at families, offered arts and crafts, storytelling and music by the fire and hot food cooked in the Orchard’s community kitchen, Heart & Soul. Guests could enjoy roasted red pepper and butterbean stew, warm apple juice, […]
Newquay Orchard Breaks Ground on Community Building
September 3, 2019
On Monday 2nd September 2019, staff, volunteers and guests came together at Newquay Community Orchard for the Breaking Ground Ceremony for the Orchard’s new community building, known as Kowel Gwenen, or ‘The Bee Hive’. The ceremony saw a selection of the Orchard’s longest serving volunteers, joined by Steve Double MP and Newquay Mayor Rachel Craze, […]
Harry’s Blog : A Fayre Reflection
June 10, 2019
Hey guys! I just want to say a huge thank you to all the Staff, Volunteers, Vendors and members of the public who attended Newquay Community Orchard’s Spring Fayre 2019 last month. The whole team had been working hard meticulously planning the day’s festivities in the weeks and months ahead, and I can safely say […]
Harry’s Blog: Roving Reporting
June 5, 2019
Long-time Orchard Volunteer Harry is a natural journalist. Harry covered the Spring Fayre as our ‘Roving Reporter’, calling on his industry skills to talk to everyone and anyone on the day. For Volunteers Week, Harry tells us about his day vox-poppin’ in the sun at the Orchard Spring Fayre. The sun was shining and the […]
Harry’s Blog: Spring at the Orchard
May 8, 2019
Hey Folks, Harry here! It’s been another busy few weeks on site at the Orchard! As well as carrying on with ongoing projects and courses, everything has been knocked into top gear in anticipation of the upcoming Spring Fayre. In preparation for the event staff and volunteers have been working away on site getting the […]
Spring Fayre 2019
April 17, 2019
On Saturday 18th May 2019, Newquay Community Orchard will once again be home to local makers, enterprises and entertainers for the hugely popular Spring Fayre. The Orchard Spring Fayre, now in its 3rd year, aims to bring the community together and promote sustainable living by showcasing a diversity of Cornish produce, delicious local food and […]
Harry’s Blog: The Poly Tunnel
April 11, 2019
First off, I just want to say a thank you for all the positive feedback I had following last week’s initial blog post featuring my introduction. I’ve heard nothing but positive things from both volunteers and staff alike. It’s much appreciated, and you can all look forward to more interesting posts in the future, covering […]
Harry’s Blog: My Story
March 28, 2019
After a long break today we welcome back the Newquay Community Orchard blog!! For this first instalment we wanted to introduce Harry, one of our amazing volunteers, who will be bringing you stories from the Orchard. . . Hi folks, I’m Harry and for this first post I thought I would tell you about my […]