ON 01 MAY 2012. Bryn Thomas and CHEKLINK Anne-Marie Bur were interviewed by the BBC in January 2012 as they helped schoolchildren from Manor Primary plant an orchard. Post by Brighton Permaculture Trust.
More information ...Orchards we've helped plant
18 small orchards planted
ON 21 MARCH 2012. by Anne-Marie Bur This winter we’ve helped schools and communities plant eighteen small orchards across Sussex. With our partners Action in rural Sussex, we have worked with hundreds of schoolchildren in twelve schools and community members of mixed ages in six other locations to create orchards. At most schools, we carried out an initial…
More information ...40 more trees for Craven Vale
ON 06 MARCH 2012. by Grant Scott Having met Bryn Thomas on the Intro to Permaculture course, conversation turned to regenerating public places by planting fruit trees. I mentioned that I was Chairperson of Craven Vale Community Association, and perhaps we could get around to planting some fruit trees on a council estate in Brighton. Some funding was made…
More information ...New orchard planted in Littlehampton
ON 09 JANUARY 2012. A community orchard has been planted in Littlehampton with the help of Brighton Permaculture Trust, in conjunction with Arun Parks staff, Arun and Worthing Mind, volunteers from St. Winefrides Community Garden, and the Arun Wellbeing Team. Twenty-seven fruit trees were planted with the aim of encouraging the community to come together for…
More information ...Chichester gets community orchard
ON 09 JANUARY 2012. Brighton Permaculture Trust supported Chichester District Council’s Parks and Open Spaces team along with Transition Chichester in the planting of yet another community orchard recently. Local schoolchildren and rotary club members also lended a hand to plant apple, pear and plum trees, along with a wildlife hedge. Bryn Thomas, who manages…
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