Parrs Wood Environmental Centre

Friends offered us the chance to use their apples so we turned out at the appointed time. This was funnier than it looks!!

Tea break with probably the freshest pineapple in Manchester! One of the perks of being a volunteer here. We have an Apple Day coming...

Thank you to all who supported us yesterday. Folk came from various sources to set up tables selling things buyers enjoyed taking home. ...

Hello Ian. We all are thinking of you and send our love to you. As you know, preparations are in hand for tomorrow's event. We'll have...

According to Butterfly Conservation this year could be a record year for the painted lady butterfly. We stopped work yesterday to stand...

Unsurprising to find us in the greenhouse with cups of tea today. And cake - thanks Ian. Steve appeared last - wet but chipper. Just...

Last year we had lots of opportunities to pick fruit in the sunshine. A little more testing this year but still plenty of fun for us.

Lots to do throughout the gardens yesterday as we awaited heavy rain to refill our water butts. This wonderful shrub has recovered...

We'd like to thank our regular friends who stepped out into the stern rain - see photo - to meet us in Didsbury Park as part of the...

Coming into the orchard today it was easy to appreciate the apple blossom on the Lane's Prince Albert. This juicy, slightly sharp apple...

We'd like to say thank you to everyone who came to our Spring Fair today and made it so successful. It was lovely to see so many folk...

Do come and see us now that the fruit trees are beginning to display their blossom and the bluebells are out? The Forget Me Not will be...

Pear trees looking magnificent ahead of the apples. Gardens looking lovely already.

Last Friday some lovely folk came to check us out and the sun shone down as we wandered around the gardens. They took away some...

Walking around with Richard who was visiting from his new home in Devon. He has given so much to our garden over many years so it was...

Took a lovely photo of us all sitting in the sunshine having a tea break. Eating homemade Pumpkin and Currant Treacle cakes thanks to...

So very cold outside so that we sat together taking a lengthy break. But shy.

Blue skies and work both outside and inside the greenhouse.

Yesterday was a good day for gardening. Instead, we had our annual meal together in the pub and very good it was too. Happy Christmas...