At the Hunnyhill Room, Riverside Centre, The Quay, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 2QR.

We hope anybody who's interested in orchards will come along to discuss anything we want, which could include:

• Recording the Island's orchards and fruit and nut trees
• Understanding and appreciating the Island's orchards and fruit and nut trees, for example with website
• Protecting the Island's orchards and fruit and nut trees from threats
• Looking after fruit and nut trees to keep them healthy and productive
• Looking after wildlife in orchards
• Harvesting and sharing unused crops, for example at community apple pressing events
• Celebrating orchards and fruit and nut trees with events such as Apple Day
• Creating new community orchards

Please come along, and invite anybody else you think might be interested.

For further details please contact Rowan Adams, Orchard Co-ordinator for West Wight Landscape Partnership on (01983) 759779 or email [email protected]

Image: Muffet under CC BY 2.0