Do you want to help save heritage fruit varieties and traditional orchards – and meet like minded people? Then join us!

Why join the Marcher Apple Network?

1)         Help preserve and promote Welsh Marches fruit varieties and their heritage for greater food choice and food resilience.

2)    Gain access to our flagship Paramor Orchard where we preserve a collection of these local varieties, making scions available to increase their resilience whilst also aiming to increase biodiversity in the orchard.

3)         Preserve and promote traditional orchards and the creation of new orchards in the Welsh Marches and beyond for their produce, heritage, landscape and biodiversity value.

4)    Receive access to free or reduced-price member-only events such as training courses in pruning and grafting, orchard visits, orchard management and more.

5)    Join a network of fruit enthusiasts, many of whom are experts in the field, and benefit from sharing and learning information amongst members.

6)    Receive the free annual MAN magazine “Apples & Pears” covering a wide range of fruit related topics, tips and hints, and best practice.

7)    Receive full access to member-only parts of our website,  including all our research into apple identification and DNA,  and our back catalogue of Apples and Pears magazine and MAN newsletters.

8)    Take advantage of discounts off all MAN published books and merchandise, be able to obtain discounted scion wood from our collection for grafting and exclusive access to any surplus fruit trees we offer for sale.

9)    Meet new friends and support the charity by volunteering to attend local fruit shows including Apple festival at the National Botanical Gardens of Wales and the Big Apple Harvestime show in Much Markle (all volunteers gain free entry to the show).

10)  Attend the annual AGM to help set the charity’s future direction with informative and interesting guest speakers and participate in lively topical discussions around fruit and orchards.

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