FAB (Fruit and Blossom) Planting & Growing
Sustainable Cupar's FAB Planting & Growing group
FAB Planting and Growing is a SC member's group This group is keen to involve the local people in developing the town's natural and fruit heritage. The group looks after the Cupar Community Orchard in Millgate. Over fifteen years Sustainable Cupar volunteers have created a haven for nature and local people. The fruit is used by the whole community. Apples, pears, plums and cobnut are picked and enjoyed for free by many residents. In July the SC Jamboree is held in the orchard and in January the fruit trees are woken up by the mid-winter Wassail. Courses have been run in the orchard in scything, pruning and soil quality.
FAB Aims
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growing more fruit promoting Scottish heritage fruit increasing skills and knowledge improving physical health and emotional well being promoting friendship reducing carbon emissions improving the local environment for all Encouraging the planting of native trees |
Group Activities
Cupar was traditionally a fruit-growing area and, like many other towns nearby, the remnants of old orchards can still be seen. The FAB group help look after the current Community Orchard based near to the site of one of the old orchards and also has a Fruit Growing Plot at Elmwood College.
FAB has also organised community fruit orders, and helped to maintain fruit trees in nursing homes and nurseries. In 2017 we also collected apples donated from Cupar residents which were used for jucing and for donations to the local foodbank.
New volunteers are always welcome at FAB events, check out the diary either on the website or on Facebook for our latest activities.
Get involved
Please see the 'Get involved ' page to find the latest events.
