Witley and Eashing ‘Your Councillor Community Fund’ Fruitful Parishes Project

COPSE is pleased to have a Surrey CC ‘Your Councillor Community Fund’ grant allocation confirmed, commencing from April, through to spring 2025. In spring we assisted Waverley BC and Godalming TC with orchard care events at Eashing Cemetery. The funding however is mainly earmarked for Witley Parish with Orchard Year events planned, including a Bioblitz in Summer, Juicing in Autumn, Pruning and Planting in Winter, with a Blossom-Watch events in Spring 2025. On 18th April we attended Witley Parish Annual Meeting, to explain the project and to show The Orchard Year film, featuring John Steere’s Orchard at Enton Allotment, Witley: