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Home > Spaces and species > FarmLife > Traditional orchards
Traditional orchards
National lead organisation: TBD
Local lead organisations: Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity The Greensand Trust Bedfordshire & Luton Orchard Group
Traditional orchards are a new Biodiversity Action Plan habitat. They include a range of fruit and nut orchards which are managed in a low intensity way. The trees are generally planted less densely than in intensively managed orchards. Traditional orchards in the East of England, however, tend to be more densely planted, and are often grazed by geese or chickens rather than sheep or pigs.
Traditional orchards in Bedfordshire and LutonIn Bedfordshire, agricultural census data show a 95% decline in orchard area since the peak decade of the 1950s.
Check out these links to learn more about traditional orchards:
Bedfordshire & Luton action
plan for traditional orchards
Bedfordshire and Luton Orchard Group East of England Apples and Orchards Project (EEAOP) Traditional Orchard Survey (People's Trust for Endangered Species) Conserving and Restoring Traditional Orchards (National Trust) Traditional orchards - habitat definition (Joint Nature Conservation Committee; Word document) Apple Day (Common Ground) Orchard fruits: Bedfordshire (EEAOP) Orchards, trees and orchard information: Bedfordshire (Common Ground)
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