BEDFONT LAKES COUNTRY PARK

(Registered Charity Number 1118958)

Apple Day – Sunday 21st October 2007

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Fantastic Fundraising Fun!

"What a great day – I never knew apples could taste this good!" commented one young visitor to the Apple Day event held in the park’s Apple Orchard to mark national Apple Day. The event attracted over 200 visitors on a fine October afternoon.

Visitors were able to sample and take home apples from the wide variety of trees that grow in the ancient Apple Orchard. CIP Rangers were on hand to answer apple related questions as well as providing a large display of the history of the orchard and its apple varieties.

The Friends ran a bookstall and a hook-a-frog game for the children. With the proceeds we have been able to purchase a substantial number of apple trees, in consultation with the Rangers, which will be planted in the orchard in due course.

Click on this link to watch ranger Adam Cheesman talk about the apple trees in the orchard.
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These are some pictures from Apple Day 2007
Families show how to collect apples.
Ranger Adam gives advice on looking after apple trees.
Pick an apple....		Then taste it!
Friends Secretary proudly displays her basket of apples		Filling the bags with apples
This tree gave a great crop of apples		Friends Treasurer looks after the stall
Information about orchards		The W.I. stall sold a delicious selection of jams
Gathering apples		Friends trustees chat with visitors to the stall

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