• Sunday, 18 May 2025: logo
    Annual General Meeting 2025

    The 2025 AGM will take place at Hutton in the Forest on Sunday 18th May starting at 4:30pm

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    Members: to view the details, first go to "My NCOG" to get an access link.

  • Friday, 11 July 2025: logo
    Sawmill Orchard visit and discussion July 2025

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  • Sunday, 14 September 2025:
    Dalemain Harvest Festival - September 14th 2025

    Dalemain are hosting a traditional celebration of the harvest, offering visitors a chance to explore the importance of the Harvest at Dalemain and in Cumbria throughout the centuries. Sunday 14 September 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

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    There will be talks, activities and guided tours, to be enjoyed by everyone from families to gardening experts. As well as a selection of hand-picked nurseries and craft stalls from the North of England, we are planning to be there to press apples. Visitors should bring clean apples (hand picked and washed, not rotten) and a container for their juice (about 1 litre per 2kg of apples).

    There will also be vintage tractors and a visit from guest of honour, mascot Philbert the Squirrel!

    Herbs and apples have been harvested from the gardens and will be served as part of thedelicious Autumnal menu in the Great Barn Tearoom.

    See full details at https://www.dalemain.com/events/dalemain-harvest-festival

  • Sunday, 28 September 2025:
    Hutton-in-the-Forest Apple Day - September 28th 2025

    Apple identification, pressing, displays, stalls and fun for all the family at Hutton-in-the-Forest's Apple Day on Sunday 28th September from 10am to 4pm.

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    The grounds and garden of the historic house at Hutton-in-the-Forest will make the ideal backdrop of this apple-themed day. NCOG will have a stall there to provide advice, juice apples, and sell trees, juice and cider. There will be a display of a wide range of apple varieties. We will also assist with apple identification - for each variety you will need to bring 3 fruits and some leaf if you wish to have it identified (please complete the attached form to bring with your apples).

    Visitors wishing to have apples juiced should bring clean apples (hand picked and washed, not rotten) and a container for their juice (about 1 litre per 2kg of apples).

    There will also be various activities to entertain you and the kids - crafts, stalls, music and games.

    See the Hutton-in-the-Forest website for more details when available.

  • Sunday, 5 October 2025: logo
    Lorton Village apple day - October 5th 2025

    Apple pressing and stalls at the village school in Lorton, Sunday October 5th. 10am - 1pm.

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    A fun day out for adults and kids alike. We will be pressing for the public (and members). Among the planned attractions are:

    • Drop-in print workshops with especially made apple and tree print blocks
    • Apple-themed bakes (apple cake, strudel, pies/turnovers)
    • Making and selling felt apple decorations
    • Information about a mapping project and an oral history on fruit growing (picking and eating) orchards and hedgerows
    • Traditional apple games

  • Saturday, 18 October 2025: logo
    Morland House Gardens apple juicing day October 18th 2025

    Back by popular demand! Bring your own apples to be juiced (apples must be clean and sound). 11am - 4pm.

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    Bring your own apples to be juiced (Apples must be clean and sound). Pick apples from Morland House Gardens for juicing or to take home.

    Apple trees for sale.

    Growing advice, info about local varieties, recipes - come and have a chat!

    For more info go to: www.morlandhousegardens.com

    Remember to bring your own containers to put your juice in (at least 500ml per 1Kg).