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Orchard Planting - Troopers Hill Field
Tuesday 21st January 2025

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30 fruit trees were planted in Troopers Hill Field at a tree planting event organised by One Tree per Child Bristol on Tuesday 21st January 2025.

The orchard is located on the right as you enter the Field from Malvern Rd. The fruit trees are on semi-dwarfing root stock, so they will reach a final height of roughly 3m (10ft). Maintenance and future pruning will be carried out by the One Tree per Child volunteer team.

There are 30 trees - 21 apple trees, 5 pear & 4 Plum, all are heritage varieties. Labels on the cages show the varieties - full planting list (pdf).

For the planting, the One Tree per Child team were joined by volunteers of all ages, all the trees were planted, staked, caged and mulched by early afternoon.

We hope that the trees will start fruiting over the next three or four years.