It makes a change at Orchard Barn
One of the great aspects of volunteering at Orchard Barn is the variety of tasks.
There a choice of day depending on your general interests – Tuesday for gardeners, Wednesday for site development, Thursday for greenwood working and Saturdays, monthly.
Gardening could mean creating new Hugelkultur beds, sowing, weeding, potting on, tending fruit trees.
Site development has included wattle and daub, deadwood screening, ditch digging, grass cutting, apple picking, composting, hedge-laying, shrub clearance. That’s when we’re at the Barn. Once a month we go to a 200 acre wood and help in its restoration with log stacking and splitting, filling and emptying the charcoal kiln, covering stumps to protect them against the deer.
Greenwood working is aimed at creating items for sale. Garden benches, bird boxes, clocks, garden labels.
If you would like to try any of these activities and develop new skills then look on our website orchardbarn.org.uk or contact us on 01473-658193 or 07766-054042