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The Big Apple Blossomtime

Name: The Big Apple Blossomtime
Start: 2025-05-05T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-05-05T17:00:00+01:00
Location: The Big Apple

May 5, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Free

This is an annual special springtime opportunity to enjoy the lovely countryside and orchards of the Marcle Ridge in Herefordshire, where local orchards are famous both for their cider fruit and their dessert and culinary fruit. This is normally the peak of the blossom season so the trees can look spectacular.

This year Blossomtime has expanded again to four venues which will be open from 10am to 5pm on both days:

Putley Parish Hall (car parking, tickets, information, guided walks, refreshments),

Court Farm Barn (crafts, talks and a variety of rural activities),

Yew Tree Farm (perry orchard, perry tasting)

Dragon Orchard (cider and perry tasting, sales and daytime entertainment).

All venues are within easy walking distance of each other but there will also be a tractor and trailer service running between all venues between 10am and 5pm both days. Space is limited so please give priority to those people for whom walking is difficult.

Events on Sunday 4th May

The Big Apple Blossomtime

Time	Event	Venue	Details
10:30am	Pruning demonstration	Dragon Orchard	David Pealing will be demonstrating pruning techniques to restore old orchard apple trees.
10:30am	Walk 1	Putley Parish Hall	Easy walk “Nigel’s Pride”.
11:30am	Steve Oram Talk	Court Farm Barn	Secretary of the UK Orchard Network & Orchard Biodiversity Officer, PTES
11:30am	Walk 2	Putley Parish Hall	Moderate walk “Dorothy’s Delight”
1:30pm	Walk 3	Putley Parish Hall	Gentle stroll “William’s Walk”
2:00pm	The Mushroms	Dragon Orchard	Familiar songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
2:30pm	Anna Stankiewicz and Jonathan Keyte of Greengate Fruit Trees. Talk	Court Farm Barn	Regenerating Tradition. Anna & Jonathan share the story behind their trailblazing horticultural start-up,
2:30pm	Pruning demonstration	Dragon Orchard	David Pealing will be demonstrating pruning techniques to restore old orchard apple trees.
3:00pm	The Remnants	Dragon Orchard	Putley-based band – come and support your local musicians!

Events on Monday 5th May

Time	Event	Venue	Details
10:30am	Walk 4	Putley Parish Hall	Moderate walk “Dorothy’s Delight”
11:30am	Walk 5	Putley Parish Hall	Gentle stroll “William’s Walk”
11:30am	Will Masefield, Severn Treescapes Project Manager	Court Farm Barn	The Dead Wood Society – traditional orchards and wood pasture within the Severn Treescapes Project
12:00pm	Music – Vox Rox Choir	Dragon Orchard	Come and enjoy the music – join in if you want to
1:30pm	Walk 6	Putley Parish Hall	Easy walk “Nigel’s Pride”.
2:30pm	Fruit Wine Tasting	Court Farm Barn	Charlie Smart leads a guided tasting session to discover which of our common garden fruits can make the best fruit wine.
2:30pm	Morris dancers	Dragon Orchard	Leominster Morris and Pinsley Mill Morris
3:30pm	Mice in a Matchbox	Dragon Orchard	They take songs, some familiar, some original, some old and some new, and apply their own lively arrangements
4:00pm	Morris dancers	Putley Parish Hall	Leominster Morris and Pinsley Mill Morris