Growing Orchards ... Nurturing Community .... COPSE is social enterprise set up to engage with other community organisations and landowners to create and enhance community and traditional orchards in the South East.
A Community Orchard for Grayshott. We are delighted to be working with Grayshott Parish Council to be part of bringing a Community Orchard to Grayshott, engaging with the local community to help create a vision for what this orchard might look like and how it could be used.
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​Grayswood Nursery Forest School Orchard: A small orchard of 20 trees was planted by Gareth and Andy during June 2019, with parents, children and local Councillors helping-out. The trees were planted in groups of five, providing an outdoor learning space for the School
Vivid Homes, Private Community Orchard, Wrecclesham: From Nettley-dump (2018) to Orchard-space (2020)
Puttenham, Hogs-Back Orchard: A small Parish orchard, consisting of 12 fruit trees on chalk downland
Watts Gallery Orchard: A small wildlife orchard supporting 30 fruit trees, managed and maintained by the Gardening Team on behalf of Watts Gallery Artist's Village. Gareth is a Heritage Gardener for the Gallery, assisting with orchard-maintenance. ​
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​Swan Barn Orchard: A 0.8ha traditional sheep-grazed orchard (dated early 1900), supports several 100 fruit trees, owned and managed by National Trust. Gareth has developed skills in tree maintainance at this orchard, assisted NT events and provided fruit to local food producers and distributers in the Community . 

Special thanks to the Community Foundation for Surrey for providing the seed funding to nurture COPSE.

https://www.cfsurrey.org.uk/

The Community Foundation for Surrey is a philanthropic charity established in 2005 to inspire local giving for local needs, working with donors who want to give something back to their local communities and voluntary groups providing vital services for local people and disadvantaged individuals.

Orchard links: Committee members planting fruit-trees outside of COPSE...

​East Surrey Hospital: An Orchard planted in 2015, following a new Theatre development over an historical pond, has since been used as a space for nurses and NHS workers to relax and enjoy
 Gretton, Gloucestershire: A Community Orchard planted in the Cotswolds during 2018, supporting 12 local apple varieties
Glade Lane Country Park, Ealing: 
Heritage fruit trees (x12) were planted at the Country Park in 2018, within the Hanwell to Norwood Orchard Trail

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Growing Orchards ... Nurturing Community .... COPSE is social enterprise set up to engage with other community organisations and landowners to create and enhance community and traditional orchards in the South East.