Volunteer opportunity: Orchard maintenance – Home Farm orchard, Wednesday 30th April 2025

Wednesday 30th April - Home Farm orchard, Stanmer 11am - 2pm

Join Nick Casey who will be joined by Kathleen Sinclair from Wilderdays. We will be preparing an area of the orchard to host forest schools (Wilderdays) so erecting some posts to make a place for shelter, leveling some uneven ground and cutting back some unruly vegetation.

Please register for this session. 

Please read for your safety - please be aware that our orchards are wild and wonderful places with many wild and wonderful plants and creatures. Nettles, ankle shredding brambles, rabbit holes and all the usual country hazards you might expect.

Please also read this article about the photo toxic plants we may have on site:
http://brightonpermaculture.org.uk/images/racehill/wildparsniphogweedwarning.pdf
Please bring light clothing to cover arms and legs on sunny days as some plants on site can cause skin irritation in sunlight.

Your host

Nick Casey

When you register you will receive an email which will give you his contact phone number in case you need to call him on the day

Practical stuff

- Food and drink to sustain you for the session (snacks, flasks, water etc).
- Gardening gloves are essential
- Sturdy footwear (no sandals) -
Clothing suitable for nettles, brambles, sun and rain. (Long trousers and sleeves are recommended unless you don’t care about stings and scratches; hardy types that chose to wear shorts should at least wear ankle length socks.)

Water bottles will be able to be refilled on site if necessary. Dress appropriately for weather conditions and messy work. Public toilets are adjacent to the site (please do not urinate in the orchard) and there is a cafe if you want to buy food/drinks.

Please note that for all the activities all children under the age of 18 and people with support needs must be accompanied by a parent/carer who is responsible for their supervision, safety and any medication needed.

Directions

We will meet at the Fruit Factory which is in Stanmer village almost opposite the cafe. See 2nd map down via this link:

Click here for maps and more information on travelling to and parking at Stanmer

If you come later or get lost, please call Nick.