Updates
This fund is now closed and the information is for reference only.
It is time to thank all our backers once again and give a brief status update: After the initial funding, land clearance and landscaping, we decided to postpone the actual orchard planting on account of an unexpectedly high water table. This has now been resolved in cooperation with Ealing Council and Thames Water and we planted the orchard in February. Many volunteers have been lovingly looking after it ever since. What is left to do now is celebrate the official opening. Please join us at The Piggeries Orchard opening in a casual bring-your-own picnic Saturday June 2nd from 12:00. For full details please see here: https://orchardtrail.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/time-to-celebrate/ Once again, many thanks for your support!
Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
Whoop, 30 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Exciting days! We presented the TYS2 Piggeries Orchard to Ealing's Transform Your Space 2 (TYS2) selection committee this afternoon and are very pleased with the presentation we gave, and the questions and general feedback received from the selection panel. Let's keep all legs and fingers crossed and touch wood!
Here's a new map which shows the string of public orchards in the Grand Union Canal corridor in Hanwell. The map shows orchards planted in 2015 and those being planted later this month, with the TYS2 Piggeries Orchard right in its heart (highlighted). How swell is that?! Please continue liking and backing this project, and thanks to all who have so far. We'll present the project to the Transform-Your-Space-2 selection committee on January 30th, so please keep the momentum rolling and those Likes coming in! Orchards shown in blue are affiliate orchards, not planted or managed by Hanwell and Norwood Green Orchard Trail. (mapping data copyright (C) openstreetmap volunteers)
We started a new documentary about the TYS2 Piggeries Orchard project. One little video clip to begin with, with huge thanks to our member and producer, camera man, director, cutter, boom operator, and production assistant of choice Steve Haskett. The plan is to continue documenting the development over time with photos and video clips for a lasting record and a better way to demonstrate our work. You could be in it! Just watch our website at http://orchardtrail.wordpress.com for announcements about clearing or planting tasks, and of course don’t stop telling your extended friends and family about this project, and encourage them to indicate their support with a “like” or the pledge of a fiver. For details see https://spacehive.com/tys2-piggeries-orchard.
