Sunday 22nd September 2024
1pm – 5pm
Home Farm Orchard, Stanmer
Come and celebrate the apple harvest season with Brighton Permaculture Trust!
Our annual Apple Harvest Day is a way for us to promote the work we do within the local community, whilst celebrating the changing seasons and natural cycles – all whilst learning about permaculture, reducing food waste and enjoying some music and scrumped cider. It’s a free, family and doggy friendly event and we’d love to see you there!
What’s happening on the day?
📣 Orchard tours and talks where you can find out more about permaculture, including who we are and what we do, and find out more about the apple orchards we look after in Stanmer Park.
🥁 Live music and entertainment, and hopefully some more Morris dancing!
🛍️ Stalls and crafts from local businesses.
🍻 We’ll have a bar selling our scrumped cider, alongside our other fruit ciders and juices.
🍏 Get involved with some apple juicing on the day!
💚 Learn more about our volunteer roles and how you can get involved with scrumping fruit, helping make juice and cider, and planting trees.
🥣 Our delicious apple crumble cake will be on offer.
🎁 Buy some cider and juice bottles for yourself or as a fabulous gift for friends and family.
Information
How to find us
You can get directions and details of how to find us here.
Parking
Paid parking in Brighton & Hove City Council car parks, details of which are here
Toilets
Public toilets are available at the event site, including disabled access toilets
Disability access
Disabled parking is available opposite the Fruit Factory. Much of the event is accessible with an outdoor wheelchair.
Dogs
Well behaved dogs on leads are very welcome to join us at Apple Harvest Day, but worth noting there may be loud music and drumming if your dog gets easily scared.
Wet weather contingency
We go on whatever the weather (unless dangerous!) But have access to covered space if needed – but keep an eye on our socials for updates nearer the time.
Questions
Please email [email protected] with any queries or send us a message on our socials.
Getting there via public transport
We encourage people to travel to our event via public transport if possible.
Train
The nearest train station is Falmer Station. You can get from Brighton or Lewes to Falmer in under 10 minutes by train. Four trains an hour go to Falmer during the day. See National Rail Enquiries for train times.
Bus
The #23, #25, #25X, #28 and #29 buses run between the centre of Brighton and the entrance to Stanmer Park.
The #78 bus goes from Old Steine, central Brighton to Stanmer village on weekends (starting at 10am). There is also a weekday #78 bus.
Bike
If you’re a cyclist there are purpose-built bike lanes along Lewes Road connecting the Stanmer Park to the centre of Brighton. Allow at least 25 minutes to cycle from Brighton.
