Urban Growing
Apple Day: Help Make a Proper Bristol Cider!
University of Bristol Botanic Garden
Address:
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, BS9 1JG
More apples than you can use? Donate them to be part of The Botanic Garden’s local cider project and enjoy a free cider!
Apple Day aims to reduce wastage of garden apples, bringing together the community and The Cider Box taprooms for this one-day event here at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden.
How it works:
Give your apples a rinse (especially if they’re grubby) and bag them up. Bruised apples are fine but please no rotten apples! Please bring apples from unsprayed tree-no pesticides or chemical treatments; homegrown or allotment apples are ideal.
Drop off your bags of apples at one of community hubs below, or bring them here on the day and get free access to the Botanic Garden.
The community hubs are Bramble Farm in Knowle, Hillfields Park Community Centre, and Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust. Apples will be collected from each hub and taken to the Botanic Garden for Apple Day. You can drop off your apples as follows:
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University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Sunday 5th October, 11am until 3pm.
- Bramble Farm, Saturday 4th October, 11am until 3pm.
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Hillfields Park Community Centre, Thursday 2nd October, 9am until 3pm and Friday 3rd 9am-12noon .
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Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust, Friday 3th October, 9am until 4:30pm.
A 5kg donation of apples will give you 1 bottle of cider which you can collect from The Cider Box in April 2026!
All apple pomace will be donated to a local farm.
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