Winterton Community Orchard

Creating a new community orchard for Winterton

Hundreds of trees, funded through Humber Forest, have been planted in North Lincolnshire as part of a project to develop a community orchard.

More than 80 fruit trees have been planted in Winterton, with a further 450 woodland trees and a hedgerow to create an area to benefit the local community and wildlife.

Summary of the project

Hundreds of trees, funded through Humber Forest, have been planted in Winterton, North Lincolnshire, as part of a community led project to develop a community orchard.

The project to create a new community orchard was led by Winterton 2022, an organisation which was formed in 2012 as one of 150 Local Trust ‘Big Local’ areas in England and received £1million funding to spend in Winterton over 10 years. Big Local is funded by the National Lottery and aims to enable residents to make their communities even better places to live.

Following public consultation by Winterton 2022, it was decided to create a green open space which incorporated community fruit growing – recognising the area’s agricultural heritage; as well as supporting local wildlife. Winterton 2022 worked with Humber Forest to develop ideas for the site and Humber Forest provided grant funding for the project.

The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) assisted by volunteers from the local community and pupils from The Winterton Federation School and Winterton Academy helped to plant the trees.

A total of 450 woodland trees were planted including oak, silver birch and wild cherry, as well as 86 fruit trees in the orchard, including apple, plum, cherry, and pear. Thirty-three of the fruit trees that were planted are special heritage fruit trees which are local to region, these were paid for by Winterton 2022. In addition to the woodland trees and orchard, a 250m hedgerow was planted which will create habitats for wildlife.

“Working with Humber Forest, North Lincolnshire Council and The Conservation Volunteers has allowed us to really kickstart the community orchard, which would have taken us a much longer time”

Kerrie Prowting, Winterton 2022 Coordinator

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