Warlingham Forest Schoolers Orchard planting for Surrey County Council

COPSE planted eight apple trees at Warlingham Forest School, with over 40 local residents. Where trees were planted in areas of bramble scrub, 1m square of bramble soil was removed, with fresh, new topsoil put into these planting spaces. Surrey County Council will mow off brambles around the orchard space during spring-summer and the Forest School will weed beneath each tree to ensure brambles do not out-compete the fruit trees. 

The heritage apple trees included several Pippin varieties, local Surrey trees including Braddick Nonpariel, Duchess’s Favourite, Claygate Pearmain, a Sussex Crawley Beauty and a Schoolmaster espalier along a former fence-line. Many thanks to all who came along to support.