Food

Big Apple Harvestime Harvestime is this weekend in Much Marcle.  Here you can marvel at the huge number of apple and pear varieties, help press cider apples and perry pears and visit different venues offering a variety of experiences. Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October 2026 Full details of this year’s events are now on their website The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullaly will be visiting Big Apple on the Sunday. As part of Big Apple, there will be the Big Apple Cycle Ride on Sunday 11th October. Meet at 10.00am for a 10.30am start in St Katherine’s

ACEG Community Apple Juicing Day An afternoon of fun and stickiness. Share in the juice making process and take home a bottle or two of fresh apple juice. Bring your own apples and containers or use ours for a small donation. Children’s activities and the judging of the nature photography competition. Cider bar and refreshments available. Sat 3rd October Llangrove Village Hall. 1pm-4pm. Volunteer helpers are very welcome. archenfieldceg@gmail.com for more information. Perry Fest at the Museum of Cider On Saturday 3rd October the Museum of Cider on Pomona Place, Hereford, throws open its doors free of charge for a day all about the humble

  Bartonsham Apple Juicing Day. Saturday 26th September between 1.00pm – 4.00pm The Brailsford Hall, Scouts Corner, Crozen Lane, HR1 2RX Herefordshire Wildlife Trust is running the event supported by local volunteers. This community event links with Bartonsham Meadows where there is a new orchard which will start fruiting over the next few years. Come along to The Brailsford Hall Scout Hut at any time between 1pm-4pm to have a go at turning apples into fresh juice using apple pressing equipment. Bring your own apples, clean containers and glass bottles if you have some – or there will be some apples available

Craft Cider Week runs until this Saturday 19th September with open days, tastings and live pressing. Bartonsham Apple Juicing Day. Saturday 26th September Herefordshire Wildlife Trust is running the event supported by local volunteers. This community event links with Bartonsham Meadows where there is a new orchard which will start fruiting over the next few years. Kington Community Apple Juicing Days This year’s Public Pressing Events will take place at the Oxford Arms on Sunday 27th September 1.00pm -4.00pm and Sunday 25th October 12 noon -3.00pm If anyone wants to borrow the equipment to process your own larger quantities, click

Kington Community Apple Juicing Days This year’s Public Pressing Events will take place at the Oxford Arms on Sunday 27th September from 1.00pm -4.00pm and Sunday 25th October from 12 noon -3.00pm If anyone wants to borrow the equipment to process your own larger quantities, click here for details. Big Apple Harvestime Harvestime is on the second weekend of October in Much Marcle.  Here you can marvel at the huge number of apple and pear varieties, help press cider apples and perry pears and visit different venues offering a variety of experiences. Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October 2026 Full details of this year’s events will be

Norman Stanier, a third-generation apple grower from Dragon Orchard in Putley writes:  In this small corner of Herefordshire, bordering on both Gloucestershire and Worcestershire, conditions in the past have been ideal for apples with cool enough winters to provide dormancy and store up vigour, sunny spring times for flowering and pollination and moist summers with about 600mm of rainfall a year, critically half of it falling in July and August to nourish the fruits which largely consist of water, before drier spells in the Autumn, ideally over harvest. Summer 2025 did have some heatwaves but the water table was high enough to