Historical grass roots project Arbroath Pippins have started the towns first community orchard. The pippins wanted to plant a small 7 tree orchard to mark the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath, however they had a better idea… to turn Arbroath into an orchard.
In honour of this historic connection between apple and Abbey, the Pippins Community Orchard are planting and caring for community orchards in Arbroath, just as the monks did over 800 years ago.
Angus Council have kindly offered Springfield Park as the home to our first orchard. The site for the first orchard maintains the historic link to the nearby landmark. Other sites now include Keptie Pond and Hospitalfield Meadow.
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