LAST UPDATED: 29 Sep 2016
We are entering a rather exciting time of the year for the orchard community. Over September and October there is lots to harvest and even more to celebrate! We thought we’d make it easier for everyone to get involved by collecting information on Apple Days and related harvest celebrations around Scotland.
Our lovely new volunteer, Lesley Anderson, has started collecting the information last week and below we provide a summary of what she’s collated to date. We know that the list barely scratches the surface of what’s out there so please contact Kaska on animateur@scotlandthefruit.org.uk to make sure that your event is included.
It is so great to see so much celebration gathering momentum around Scottish orchards! We will be joining in at the Fruit Festival in Perth on the 8th of October so please come and say hello!
If you happen to be south of the border, People’s Trust for Endangered Species has what looks like a very comprehensive list of Apple Days for England and Wales here.
| Date | Town -Area | Event name | Organisation | Link to event info |
| 10-Sep-2016 | Dunkeld – Perthshire | Big Apple Day | Dunkeld and Burnam Community Orchard | Click here for more info |
| 14-Sep-2016 | Edinburgh | Holyrood Apple Day | Scottish Fruit Trees | Click here for more info |
| 17-Sep-2016 | Carnoustie – Angus | Barry Mill Apple Day | Barry Mill | Click here for more info |
| 17-Sep-2016 | Bo’ness -Falkirk | Roman in The Orchard – Family Fun Afternoon | Forth Enviroment Link/ Friends of Kinneil Orchard Group | Click here for more info |
| 17-Sep-2016 | Resolis -Black Isle | Apple Juicing at Resolis Country Show | Transition Black Isle | Click here for more info |
| 17-Sep-2016 | North Kessock -Black Isle | Apple Juicing at North Kessock Market | Transition Black Isle | Click here for more info |
| 24-Sep-2016 | Pitmedden – Aberdeenshire | Apples & Cornkisters | National Trust For Scotland | Click here for more info |
| 24-Sep-2016 | North Kessock -Black Isle | Apple Juicing at North Kessock Market | Transition Black Isle | Click here for more info |
| 25-Sep-2016 | Resolis -Black Isle | Grow North Workshop: Fruit care | Transition Black Isle | Click here for more info |
| 25-Sep-2016 | Rosyth – Fife | Apple pressing at the Rosyth Market | EATS Rosyth | Click here for more info |
| 25-Sep-2016 | Buckhaven, Fife | Open Day and Apple Pressing | CLEAR Buckhaven | Click here for more info |
| 1-Oct-2016 | Newburgh – Fife | Apple Market | Newburgh Orchard Group | Click here for more info |
| 1-Oct-2016 | Fochabers – Moray | Apple & Chilli Day | Gordon Castle Walled Garden | Click here for more info |
| 1-Oct-2016 | Forres – Moray | Harvest Festival | Newbold Trust | Click here for more info |
| 1-Oct-2016 | Crossford – South Lanarkshire | Clyde Valley Fruit Day | Clyde Valley Orchard Cooperative and Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership | Click here for more info |
| 2-Oct-2016 | Edinburgh | Apple Day | Royal Botanic Garden with the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society | Click here for more info |
| tbc October | Newburgh – Fife | Apple Day | Newburgh Orchard Group | Click here for more info (details to be confirmed) |
| 5-Oct-2016 | Cyrenian’s Farm, Kirknewton- West Lothian | If Life Gives You Apples…celebrating apples and how they can generate income | Growing Together | Click here for more info |
| 8-Oct-2016 | Haddington East Lothian | Amisfield Garden Apple day | Amisfield Walled Garden | Click for more info here |
| 8-Oct-2016 | Cromarty -Black Isle | Apple Juicing at Cromarty Market | Transition Black Isle | Click here for more info |
| 8-Oct-2016 | Harestanes -Borders | Apple Day | Borders Organic Gardeners | Click here for more info |
| 8-Oct-2016 | Perth – Perthshire | Fruit Festival | Tay Landscape Partnership | Click here for more info |
| 8-9-Oct-2016 | St Andrews – Fife | Autumn Festival | St Andrews Botanic Garden | Click here for more info |
| 9-Oct-2016 | Harestanes – Borders | Apple Day | Borders Organic Gardeners | Click here for more info |
| 9-Oct-2016 | Comrie – Perthshire | Apple Day | Comrie Development Trust | Click here for more info |
| 12 October 2016 | Glasgow | Gorbals Apple Day | Rose Garden Orchard and Helping Britain Blossom | Click here for more info |
| 15-Oct-2016 | Coupar-Angus – Angus | Apple Pressing Day | Forward Coupar Angus and Coupar Angus Food and Growing Projects | Click here for more info |
| 15-Oct-2016 | Culbokie – Black Isle | Apple Juicing at Ferintosh Market | Transition Black Isle | Click here for more info |
| 15-Oct-2016 | Coldstream – Scottish Borders | Garden Cottage Open Day | Red Shed Nursery | Click here for more info |
| 15-Oct-2016 | Livingston -West Lothian | Apple Day at Bellsquarry Wood | Woodlland Trust | Click here for more info |
| 15-Oct-2016 | Tayport – Fife | Ferryport Fruitfest | PLANT and Tayport Community Trust | Click here for more info |
| 15-Oct-2016 | Kirckaldy – Fife | Apple Day at Ravenscraig Walled Garden | Greener Kirckaldy | Click here for more info |
| 22-Oct-2016 | Dundee | Community Harvest | Dundee Urban Orchards and Dundee Botanic Garden | Click here for more info |
| 22-Oct-2016 | Auldgirth, Dumfries | Apple Day | Allanton Sanctuary | Click here for more info |
| 29-Oct-2016 | Whitecross -West Lothian | Apple Army – Orchard Celebration | Falkirk Community Trust | Click here for more info |
| 29-Oct-2016 | North Kessock -Black Isle | Apple Juicing at North Kessock Market | Transition Black Isle | Click here for more info |
| 29-Oct-2016 | Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway | Apple Day | Scottish Greens (Dumfries and Galloway) | Click here for more info |
| 30-Oct-2016 | Edinburgh | Family Apple Day at Green Hub, Inverleith Park | New Caledonian Woodlands | Click here for more info |
| 30-Oct-2016 | Buckhaven, Fife | Open Day: Haloween and Apple Party | CLEAR Buckhaven | Click here for more info |