Our friends, Wirral Tree Wardens, have posted an invitation to their Blossom Day.
Come and see the apple blossom in our lovely demonstration orchard at Brimstage (behind the Mouse and near the Maze parking).
This is an orchard of mainly local heritage tree varieties and we're encouraging other neighbourhoods in Wirral and Cheshire to start their own community or family orchards. Or come and help us look after this one, make cider and juice from local apple surplusses and fruit juices from hedgerow and other fruits. (It's free!)
You can bring a blanket and a picnic if you like and there's food and drink and other items to buy in the Mouse and the Brimstage Hall shops.
What will the weather be like? If the sun shines, we'll bring out our maypole to dance in the May. Please bring cameras and art materials for yourselves and your children: the orchard is very pretty, with odd-shaped trees and blossom depending on the wind sun and rain. This week the plums, damsons and cherries are flowering and our best guess is that the early apples will be in bloom on the 15th.
We will have an apple-related prize for the best images we can use in an exhibition about the orchard, which has just survived a plan to build a car park in its midst. Leverhulme Estates are now supporting us to make the orchard a good place to visit, so a picnic with picture-making is a lovely start to the revival of our fortunes.
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