Big Apple Blossomtime Events
Events on Monday 5th May Time Event Venue Details All Day Skittles Yew Tree Farm Weather permitting we will be holding a traditional English grass skittles competition in the paddock. 10:30am Walk 4 Putley Parish Hall Moderate walk "Dorothy’s Delight" 11:30am Walk 5 Putley Parish Hall Gentle stroll "William’s Walk" 11:30am Will Masefield, Severn Treescapes Project Manager…
Yew Tree Farm
Yew Tree Farm (HR8 2RQ) located on the road between Court Farm Barn and Dragon Orchard. ///bond.reminds.regretted) Big Apple Perry Tastings From beneath the trees that gave us the fruit to produce our Perry; sample the juice of our labours. Many of the paddocks at the Yew Tree historically were orchards and in an effort to…
Wassail Travel Arrangements 2025
The parking at Awnells Farm is very limited so we need to ensure that cars are as full as possible. If you can arrange this without our help that would be ideal. However, if you have a car and have space for additional passengers OR if you would like a lift please respond here by Wednesday 6pm…
Thank you for your interest
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Big Apple Grant Fund
APPLICATION FOR GRANT AID 2024 The Big Apple Association Ltd is a Community Benefit Society working in the seven parishes of the Marcle Ridge – Aylton, Little Marcle, Much Marcle, Munsley, Pixley, Putley and Woolhope. The Rules of the Association state that “The objects of the Society shall be to carry on any business for the…
Thank you
Thank you for indicating you would like to purchase food at the forthcoming Big Apple Cider and Perry Trials. This greatly assists our planning and we look forward to seeing you at Dragon Orchard on 3rd May.
Dragon Orchard
(Postcode: HR8 2RG, What3Words: ///herb.strut.shirtless) Big Apple Cider and Perry Tastings In the spacious surroundings of Dragon Orchard you can sample the entries in our Cider and Perry Trials. Many of the cider and perry makers will have stalls selling a range of bottled and draught ciders, perries and apple juice, plus a range of other…
Court Farm Barn
(What3Words: ///irony.prude.trending) Court Farm Barn, Aylton will be the centre for arts, crafts, demonstrations, workshops and talks. Cheryl Hewitt and Hannah Day, collectively known as Laughing Betsy, are inviting visitors and stallholders to create a collaborative artwork at Court Farm Barn. Using lettering and collage we will be creating a concertina book recording the wildlife found…
Putley Parish Hall
(Postcode: HR8 2QN, What3Words: ///putty.deny.increases) First head for Putley Parish Hall which is the Information Hub, where you can park, buy entrance tickets (£5 for adults, children under 16 free, valid for all four venues for the day), pick up leaflets and start walks, both guided and ‘freestyle’. The Hall will also be the centre for…
Annual General Meeting 2025
We are pleased to provide the papers for the fifth Annual General Meeting of The Big Apple Association Ltd, to be held at the Trumpet Inn, HR8 2RA at 7pm on Wednesday 19th March 2025. The What3Words link for the car park entrance to the Trumpet Inn is ///hairpin.newlywed.trifling Non-members and Volunteers Non-members and volunteers are welcome…
Apples and Counties Competition
At the Three Counties show in Malvern over the weekend of 22-24 September, visitors to our stand entered a competition to place three apples in the correct county of origin. Here are the correct placements. The winner has been drawn from amongst the thirteen contestants who correctly placed two of the three apples from the Three…
Big Apple Harvestime 2024 Events list
Saturday 12th October Event LocationTime Bell RingingSt Bartholomew’s Church10:00 AM Big Apple Fun TimeThe Bartons10:00 AM Big Apple Archery Fun ShootThe Bartons11:00 AM Five Cheeses, Four Ciders and a Perry – all from HerefordshireWoodredding Farm11:00 AM Gilbert Lee BooksHellens11:00 AM Herefordshire Beekeepers’ Annual Honey ShowHellens11:00 AM Perry Pear PressingHellens11:00 AM Leominster MorrisWestons Cider11:15 AM Leominster MorrisGregg’s…
Harvestime Information
The Harvestime 2024 venues are 1. Woodredding Farm (GR SO640298) (///lookout.steadily.handfuls) 2. Lyne Down Organics (GR SO646312) (HR8 2NT) (///vented.overhaul.redeeming) 3. Avenue Cottage regrettably no longer able to take part this year. 4. Westons Cider (GR SO649331)(HR8 2NQ) (///strapped.hacksaw.kidney) 5. Much Marcle Memorial Hall (GR SO658330) (///engine.quietly.soggy) 6. St Bartholomew’s Church (GR SO657327) (///blaze.develops.masts) 7. Hellens…
Harvestime Special Events
All 2024 events have now taken place. Printable list of eventsHarvestime PageVenuesInformation
Harvestime Venues
The venues taking part in this year’s Harvestime are listed here. There are still changes being made to the offerings at each venue so please check closer to the event for updates. Harvestime PageSpecial EventsInformation
Explore Big Apple Country
Walk If you want to explore Big Apple Country there are a number of local walks that you can follow – details in the links below. Local Walks Woolhope Circular Walk Putley Loop Walk What better way to explore the Herefordshire countryside than by bike? Come Cycling Ledbury publish a 20-mile circular ‘Cider Cycling Route’. See,…
Work with us as a volunteer
The Big Apple is run entirely by volunteers. Consequently we are always looking for people to help – not just at our two main events, Blossomtime and Harvestime, but also throughout the year. Could you spare a few hours to help? Here are a few examples of things you could do: posting news on social media…
Blossomtime 2023 – A Springtime Celebration
Sunday 30th April and Monday 1st May This was a special springtime opportunity to enjoy the lovely countryside and orchards of the Marcle Ridge in Herefordshire, where local orchards are famous both for their cider fruit and their dessert and culinary fruit. Several hundred people attended over the two days of the event, despite the rather…
Blossomtime – Sun 4th and Mon 5th May 2025
This is an annual special springtime opportunity to enjoy the lovely countryside and orchards of the Marcle Ridge in Herefordshire, where local orchards are famous both for their cider fruit and their dessert and culinary fruit. This is normally the peak of the blossom season so the trees can look spectacular. This year Blossomtime has expanded…
