Last week we had a helping hand from local volunteers to cut the grassland in Lords Mead Community Orchard, to allow the good plant species to flourish.

This week a group of us met up to water the orchard together, but once that was done and the sun went down, it was time to swap watering cans for bat detectors and head out on the hunt for some nocturnal visitors!

Discover how we’re helping our new community orchard at Lords Mead survive the heatwaves.

Chippenham residents come together to plant our first community orchard!