Cider Making and Apple Tasting

St Ann’s Allotments are the oldest and largest area of Victorian detached town gardens in the world, and are Grade 2* Listed by English Heritage. The site covers 75 acres, has 700 gardens, over 30 miles of hedgerow and 2000 fruit trees, many of which are heritage varieties.STAA deliver outreach programmes to allow all members of the community to benefit from the site, including children’s activities on the Community Orchard, and volunteering opportunities on Urban Nature, Nursery, and Heritage Display gardens.

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An afternoon of cider making and apple tasting with Leo Jordan from award-winning Blue Barrel Cider Company.

St Ann's Community Orchard

Workshops

Our seasonal learning programme is designed to help people get into gardening for wellbeing, whether that be foraging the hedgerow, making a seasonal wreath, or learning how to compost.

Leo Jordan, the owner of the award-winning Blue Barrel Cider Company, will be joining us to share the art behind cider and perry making. Come along to the St Anns Community Orchard and spend an afternoon amongst our beautiful fruit-laden trees. Try different heritage and cider varieties. Learn how to pick, mill and press fruit. Learn the equipment required for the process. Hear which fruit varieties produce which qualities in a well-balanced drink. And try a few single and blended ciders to get your taste buds on trend.

<h3>Workshop details</h3>Capacity: The maximum group size will be 12 people.Tickets: The ticket price includes all materialsFacilities: A compost toilet is available at the Orchard with hand sanitizer for hand washing.Parking: There is plenty of free road-side parking along Ransom Road.Contact: If you have any questions, please don&#x27;t hesitate to contact the organiser Kayleigh at kayleigh@staa-allotments.org.uk

<h3>A﻿bout Leo Jordan</h3>Leo Jordan is an orchard manager, cider maker and owner of the CAMRA award winning Blue Barrel Cider. What he doesn’t know about apple and pear trees ain’t worth knowing. <a href="https://bluebarrelcider.com/home/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://bluebarrelcider.com/home/ </a>

<h3>A﻿bout the Community Orchard</h3>This workshop will be run from the garden next to our Strawbale Building on the Community Orchard. This unique building is hand-built from bales of straw and weatherproofed with clay sourced on site. It’s also off-grid, being naturally insulated by a living roof, with solar panels and a log-burner.The Community Orchard is a garden maintained by STAA for educational purposes featuring a variety of mature fruit trees, many of them heritage varieties, and also includes a pond and a stream.St Ann’s Allotments are Grade 2* Listed by Historic England, and designated an Area of Importance for Nature Conservation. It is the oldest and largest are of Victorian detached town gardens in the UK, with over 700-years of history, 500 gardens, and 32 miles of hedgerow.

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