We are intending to have leafleted Crediton and invited anyone with any garden space to plant in their garden (apple,plum,nut,cherry,pear) and are hoping enough people will express interest that we can bulk buy at low cost. The leaflet will give 10 reasons to plant a tree, the planting week, and varieties of trees available. Hopefully before tree planting week we will do some kind of demo/tasting session to drum up interest and wet the taste buds.

Public space planting is inevitably progressing slowly through the bureaucracy that this involves. People are asking the local authority about any unclaimed land, park planting street planting etc.

An area of Barnfield Hill allotments has been agreed for planting about 15 trees.

A local apple grower nr Newton St Cyres with an old Orchard has agreed to try and get the 'Orchards Live' apple press for a day in the autumn and we can learn how to use it and make juice, share lunch and explore L.E.E.P.(Langford Environmental Education Project). Then at the same (organic) Orchard we are invited to go along for a pruning day early next year, an expert will give us some instruction and then we'll be let loose on the trees.

There have been loads of positive suggestions and it is just a matter of people doing a bit whenever they can towards whatever they are most interested in.

Come along if you can.