The Orchard was planted at Cultybraggan Camp in April 2011. This was possible with funding from Awards for All, LEADER, Perth and Kinross Council and the kind donations of private individuals. The trees include 27+ varieties of apples, and plums, gages, damsons, pears, crab apples, Morello cherries, quinces, medlars, a few walnut trees and a small copse of hazels. There are also soft fruit bushes – blackcurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries and blueberries. A mixed edible hedge was planted around the orchard – elder, hawthorn, hazel, seabuckthorn, blackthorn, wild rose, guilder rose etc.
There is an Apple Day each year, at which apples from the orchard and the surrounding area are juiced and sold, along with apples from the orchard, home bakes, jams etc.
The orchard is cared for and maintained by a group of volunteers – the Orchard Working Group
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