Apple day hailed a big success (From Malvern Gazette)
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Apple day hailed a big success
9:23am Wednesday 21st October 2009 in News
Helen Stace from Colwall Orchard Group with a wheelbarrow she decorated.
THE first-ever Colwall Apple Day, held in the village on Saturday, has been hailed a great success.
The event was organised by the Colwall Orchards Project, which was set up to preserve and restore the village's orchards, many of which have fallen into neglect.
The Apple Day was held to celebrate Colwall's heritage of fruit, and residents turned up in large numbers to take part.
The event started with a procession of decorated wheelbarrows, laden with this autumn's apples, taking part in a procession from Colwall Green to the village cricket ground, led by the Outdoor Capering Crew morris dancers.
At the cricket ground, the attractions included apple juicing and apple expert John Edgeley was on hand to identify fruits brought along by villagers.
"That was very succesful," said Ruth Kiely of the project. "Some of the specimens that people brought along were varieties that John knew about, but had never actually seen before."
Organisers are looking forward to holding more events next year.
