IWinterNov to Feb
Pruning and planting
The old block opened up, bare-root trees in with stakes and guards.
Community orchard · Ottery Hythe
Keep the old orchard in fruit.
We're bringing 140 fruit trees back with volunteers every Saturday. £14 keeps one old tree pruned, mulched and guarded for a year. Give monthly and watch your row of trees grow.
From £5 a month. Cancel from your account whenever you like.
Grow
£12 a month
Grow keeps 10 trees in care for a year
The donors' app · shown at real size
Your crate, your Saturdays, your code
Sign in with your email and a one-time code. Your level's crate label shows the trees it keeps; work days are almanac pages; the gate scans your code.
140old fruit trees in care
1,180 kgof fruit to the food bank last season
46volunteers at apple day
96trees pruned so far this winter
Four ways to give
Fill a crate every month
£14 keeps one old tree pruned, mulched and guarded for a year. Each crate's row is the trees its level keeps. Stop future payments from your account whenever you like.
Seed
£5 a month
4 trees in care a year
Seed, £5 a month
About £60 a year
A bare-root apple tree, its stake and a rabbit guard, planted each winter.
Give £5 a month
Grow
£12 a month
10 trees in care a year
Grow, £12 a month
About £144 a year
Grow gifts are pooled to hire the chipper and turn pruned branches into mulch.
Give £12 a month
Orchard
£25 a month
21 trees in care a year
Orchard, £25 a month
About £300 a year
A qualified pruner for a full winter day on the oldest trees, alongside our volunteers.
Give £25 a monthFriend · free
Every monthly update, any volunteer Saturday, and a vote at the members' meeting. No payment.
Gift Aid declarations are made on our paper form; ask us for one. We never see your card details.
The orchard year
Volunteer Saturdays
Every Saturday from 9:30 to 12:30, from the gate on Brook Lane. The job changes with the season, and from week to week.
IISpringMar to May
Fences and guards
New posts along the brook, guards checked before the rabbits find the bark.
IIISummerJun to Aug
Mulching and weeding
Rings of chip round every tree keep the water in through dry weeks.
IVAutumnSep and Oct
Picking and the press
Fruit to the food bank, the rest pressed into this year’s juice.
- Request a place in the app by noon on Friday; the team confirms it there.
- Tools, gloves and tea are on us. Guests welcome.
- Ten Saturdays stamped at the gate earn a case of six bottles of our apple juice.
Give once
Make a one-off gift
It goes to this winter's appeal: £4,180 of £6,000 raised so far. Payments go through Stripe, and we never see your payment details.
Gift Aid declarations are made on our paper form; ask us.
Where it goes
Where the money went last year
April 2025 to March 2026: £36,000, rounded to the nearest £100.
Planting new trees26% of annual spending£9,200
Pruning and tree care24% of annual spending£8,600
Fencing, gates and deer guards18% of annual spending£6,300
Admin, insurance and rent15% of annual spending£5,400
Volunteer tools and training10% of annual spending£3,800
Food bank runs and apple day7% of annual spending£2,700
Already giving?
Sign in with your email and a one-time code to see your crate, book a Saturday and show your code at the gate.