Brighton Permaculture Trust’s Community orchard development lead Jenni Cresswell spent a day planting trees with Paxton Access volunteers at Bevendean Recreation Ground. The day was centred around planting elms trees that will provide all of the many benefits associated with increased biodiversity such as habitats, carbon storage and natural beauty. Jenni sat down with…
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An increasing number of local people are experiencing food insecurity. The cost of living crisis in Brighton & Hove saw an 18% rise in food bank use in 2022. During the same period there was a 69% drop in money and food donations. Meanwhile, in private gardens, communal spaces and commercial orchards tonnes of fruit…
More information ...Racehill Community Orchard now has 20 new walnut trees!
We are very happy to say that we recently finished planting 20 new walnut trees with the help of our funders The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation recently in Racehill Community Orchard.
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A blog post by Kate Ford Three years ago, I hadn’t heard of permaculture. So how did I discover this wonderful community and beautiful way of being that has enriched my life in every way? Scrolling through Facebook in January 2020, before Covid changed the world, I saw that the local allotment society was offering…
More information ...A November Tree Planting Update – records will be broken…
We’re all set to start another record-breaking round of tree planting this coming winter. Topping last year’s tree planting numbers of 138 fruit and nut trees in Sussex, we aim to plant over 170 this year!
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