We are seeking volunteers to join the rota for watering the fruit trees in the Community Orchard & Nature Reserve. Each tree requires 10 litres of water per week and there are twelve trees on the site. There is water and watering cans on the site and with two people it takes around 30 minutes. … Continue reading Community Orchard Watering Schedule
Category: Community Orchard
Community Orchard & Nature Reserve Working Party
Pitton Community Orchard & Nature Reserve Working Party 10.30 to 12.30 Saturday 21st June 2025 With the welcome news that the new Pitton Community Orchard & Nature Reserve is now open to the public we are seeking volunteers to join a working party on Saturday 21st June from 10.30 to 12.30. The focus of the… Continue reading Community Orchard & Nature Reserve Working Party
Hay Making
If you have visited the Community Orchard & Nature Reserve recently you will have noticed how much the grass and thistles have grown. In order to start preparing the area for reseeding with wild flowers and less vigorous grasses we need to reduce the fertility in the soil. An effective way of doing this is… Continue reading Hay Making
Community Orchard & Nature Reserve Open
We are pleased to announce that the Community Orchard & Nature Reserve is now open. The Parish Council made the following announcement today: “At the end of last year the Parish Council and Wiltshire Council agreed Heads of Terms on the transfer of approximately an acre of land at the end of Above Hedges to… Continue reading Community Orchard & Nature Reserve Open
Pitton to Firsdown Permissive Bridleway
On Friday 23rd May Wiltshire Council opened the new permissive bridleway which links Pitton to Firsdown. This is a fantastic addition to the local network of public rights of way. The permissive path runs alongside the new Community Orchard and Nature Reserve so we hope visitors will pop in to enjoy the site. At this… Continue reading Pitton to Firsdown Permissive Bridleway
Community Orchard & Nature Reserve Update
Over the last few months a lot has been going on at the new Community Orchard and Nature Reserve. Currently we are waiting confirmation from Wiltshire Council that they will grant full public access in advance of the land transfer to Pitton and Farley Parish Council. Thanks to the support of the Coronation Living Heritage… Continue reading Community Orchard & Nature Reserve Update
Orchard Trees & Hedgerow Planted
March was a very busy month for Pitton Nature Trust (PNT), with significant activities in The Close and the Community Orchard & Nature Reserve. In the autumn a range of native bulbs were planted in The Close and it is rewarding to see that some of the snowdrops and crocuses have emerged. Our next… Continue reading Orchard Trees & Hedgerow Planted
Hedge Planting
At the start of March we took delivery of 420 hedge trees donated by the Woodland Trust as part of their trees for communities scheme. A number of trustees and volunteers gathered on 8th March, a chilly Saturday morning, to plant the hedging trees which covered approximately 100 metres around the edge of the new… Continue reading Hedge Planting
Another Coronation Living Heritage Orchard Grant Award
In December we announced that Pitton Nature Trust had been successful in obtaining a significant grant of £1,985 from the Coronation Living Heritage Orchard fund. This fund commemorates the coronation of King Charles III and is administered locally by Wiltshire Council. At the time of our initial application for funding in August 2024 we were… Continue reading Another Coronation Living Heritage Orchard Grant Award
Woodland Trust Community Tree Packs
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in an application to the Woodland Trust’s community tree pack scheme. Our application was for 420 whips for year round colour, this will provide approximately 85 to 100 metres of double row hedging on the acre of land soon to be transferred to Pitton and… Continue reading Woodland Trust Community Tree Packs