Painswick Orchard Group Wassail

Wassailing and an evening of Music, Mummers and Midwinter Mayhem to banish the winter blues on Saturday 12^th January 2013.

Bring your pans, drums and whistles and join us on a procession to the orchard to wassail Painswick’s fruit trees after their Winter slumber. Afterwards, at the Church Rooms, there will be live music from “Out to Lunch” and guest DJ’s.  

A warming, frugal supper (all under £2) and a cider bar to brighten the mid winter blues.  5-6pm Wassailing and then from 6.30pm on music and food.  Admission £2.50 – Kids go free.

Ring 812879 for more information.

Painswick Goodwill Evening 5 - 9pm on Friday 30th November

Come and join us for a warming glass of mulled apple juice at the Goodwill Evening.  The Red Lion House (opposite Hamptons), home to apple corp founders Nick and Karensa, will be open house.  A vessel of mulled apple, roast chestnuts and apple fritters all by a warm fire.  We will have information about the Orchard Group and seasonal orchard based goodies for sale.

thank you for coming to apple day!

A huge thank you to everyone who came to Painswick Apple Day 2012! Despite this years shortage of apples Greg managed to do a couple of pressings on our great oak press! 

We hope you enjoyed the music from 'out to lunch' and the field kitchen food run by Nick Simonin and his band of wonderful volunteers. The pork and apple stew was absolutely delicious. 

We would like to thank everyone who entered the baking competition, especially the children who put a lot of thought and effort into their entries. Founder of The Foodie Bugle, Silvana de Soissons was a fantastic and enthusiastic judge and Thyme at Southrop donated a most amazing prize ~ thank you. 

The children ate toffee apples and got thoroughly wet bobbing for apples!

Lovely Iris - co-founder of Painswick Orchard Group with another batch of apples to make into yummy fritters! 

Thank you to everyone who volunteered and to St. Mary's Church for kindly allowing us to hold apple day in the beautiful churchyard. 

Pictures were taken by Anne-Marie Randall and Emma Bradshaw. 

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Autumn Fruit Baking Competition

Autumn Fruit Baking Competition At

PAINSWICK APPLE DAY

In St. Mary’s Churchyard, Painswick

Sunday SEPTEMBER 30^th 2012 12.30 -4pm

Come and take part in our Apple Day Bake Off. There are three classes:

1. Best fruit in a jar (eg. Jam, pickle, jelly)

2. Best Fruit bake (eg. Cake, pie, tart)

3. Children’s Fruit Based Open category

All entries must be brought to the tea tent between 12.30 – 1pm for judging at 2pm. We are delighted to welcome guest judge Silvana de Soissons, founder of The Foodie Bugle www.thefoodiebugle.com

Enquiries 812879. £1 entry. For terms and conditions www.painswickcommunityorchard.com

Prizes include an amazing baking course at food school ‘Thyme at Southrop Manor’

Terms and Conditions

1. Acceptance of these terms and conditions is a condition of entry
2. One entry per person per class
3. All entries must be hand made by the entrant
4. Entries must be brought to the tea tent in person for registration between 12.30 & 1pm
5. Judging will take place at 2pm 
6. Entries will sold in the tea tent for everyone to enjoy later in the afternoon
7. Winning entries will be announced at around 3pm
8. Children's open class is for children aged under 16 on 30th September 2012
9. Prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative
10. The judges decision is final
11. Winners will be invited to have their photographs taken for future promotion

the NEW 2012 Apple Day poster...

We are really excited to share with you this preview of our new Apple Day 2012 poster, designed exclusively by local artist and printmaker Andy Lovell. Andy was born in East London and studied illustration at Liverpool University. With work inspired by the natural world, many of Andy's screenprints and lithographs feature local scenes such as the Slad Valley. We are really grateful for his beautiful design, surely collectable for the future? 

2012 BIG APPLE DAY

Sunday 30^th September 

12.30-4pm 

St Mary’s Churchyard, Painswick 

(or Church Rooms if wet)

We look forward to welcoming you at the Big Apple Day. Please do bring along as many apples and pears as you can carry! Due to the shortage of fruit this year we need as many people as possible to join in our communal pressing on our magnificent oak press (and remember to bring a container to take some juice home in). 

If you can’t come along on the day and have fruit you would like to donate then please ring Greg on 812879 for collection or queries about fruit picking.

Enjoy a delicious lunch of seasonal stews, apple fritters and calvados cream with Painswick apple and pear juice, cider, apple brandy and mead to drink. There will be live music to entertain you and fun for all the family (apple bobbing, apple carving and games) as well as lots of stalls. 

You will also have the opportunity to meet the experts: tree pruning, cider-making, beekeeping and Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.

Perhaps you have a fruit tree in your garden you would like to have identified? If you bring along three of your own apples or pears (ordinary rather than perfect specimens please) together with leaves and stem, one of our experts will do their best to identify it. 

We are also in the process of creating a map of all current fruit trees in Painswick. You can help us by pinpointing your own trees or any communal trees you know of. You can do this either on the Big Apple Day itself or at other times in the Painswick Library where the map will be held. This map is based on an original orchard survey of Painswick c.1839, copies of which will be on sale at the Big Apple Day.

Calling all cooking enthusiasts to enter our Autumn Fruit-Cooking Competition! This is open to all with fabulous fruity prizes for adults and children under 12. It is divided into two categories: best fruit in a jar (jam/ pickle/chutney) and best fruit bake (cake/pie/tart). Entries on the (Big Apple) day please, £1 per entry. 

We would also be very grateful for any donations to our home-produce stall. Any enquiries please phone Iris on 812879. All proceeds raised go to World Vision Lideta (Ethiopia) and the Painswick Community Orchard Group.

  www.painswickcommunityorchard.co.uk

The Big Apple Day 2012

The 2012 BIG Apple event will take place on Sunday, 30th September and we are looking for volunteers to join us to make the day as big a success as it was last year.

If you would like to get involved then come along and find out more at the Shire's Bar (behind the Falcon Inn), New Street, Painswick on Friday 10th August at 7.30pm.

There are many aspects to plan from apple picking and pressing to food and music...

Any queries please contact Greg or Iris on 01452 812879.