Events

2018 Events

We will be confirming the dates of our walks for 2018 shortly.

Evening Meeting - Tuesday 3rd October 2017

An evening of talks to celebrate the beautiful Vale and the work of
Vale Landscape Heritage Trust.
This was very well received and gave us teh opportunity to promote our work to a new audience.

Plum Festival 2017 - another great success!!

Thank you again to everyone involved.

See you August 2018.

visit the Plum Festival website for more details.

http://www.pershoreplumfestival.org.uk/

Our evening walks have finished for 2017, watch this space for 2018 walks.

Tiddesley Wood Open Day - 2017

We had another very successful day at Worcestershire Wildlife Trust's annual woodland event.
Thanks to everyone who gave their time to help us run our stalls and sell Stocken Orchard Cider.

Some of our successful events:
2016

Thursday 27th October 2016
Apple Juicing Event
at The Valley
(Evesham Country Park)

This was a great day with loads of apples, juice, sunshine and smiles. Thanks to Three Counties Traditional Orchard Project, The Valley and Transition Worcester and everyone who came along and supported the event.

Worcestershire Pollinators Conference -
Friday 14th October 2016

Worcestershire County Council organised a very successful Pollinators Conference on behalf of Worcestershire Local Nature Partnership.
The event took place at The Hive in Worcester fand included talks from various organisations including VLHT, WWT and the invertebrate charity Buglife.

The Hive

Bats and Moths at Cleeve Prior - Thursday 29th September 2016

This was a very enjoyable evening, with bats flying and moths coming to the light traps. Something to be repeated in 2017....

PERSHORE PLUM FESTIVAL 2016
Another great success

Pershore and the surrounding area went plum-crazy again this year and with a little help from the weather, the Plum Festival was a great success.

Click on the image opposite to find out all about the festival and how you can get involved next year.

Or click on this link to see what was happening in Plum Alley each Saturday in August -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1kSjp4fRoo&feature=youtu.be

Guided Walks 2016

Our programme of Summer Strolls is now complete for 2016. Watch this space for future events.

AVON MEADOWS BIOBLITZ - Saturday 18th June 2016

This was another pleasant day at Avon Meadows finding out what lives there. This wildlife haven is attracting a surprising number of species of birds, insects, amphibians and mammals. Local families who joined in were surprised to learn just how much we found in a day. More information about this wonderful community wetland can be found on the Friends of Avon Meaows' website -
http://foam.btck.co.uk

TIDDESLEY WOOD OPEN DAY - SUNDAY 1st MAY 2016

Vale Landscape Heritage Trust were at Tiddesley Wood open day again this year (2016).

This event is organised by Worcestershire Wildlife Trust (WWT) and was another great success. This year visitors were able to enter VLHT's Stocken Orchard to see horse-logging demonstrations, which proved very popular.

2015

Headless Cross Apple Day October 2015

Headless Cross Apple Day 2015

In October 2015 we attended the Headless Cross Community Orchard Apple Day to promote the work of VLHT. This was a nice community event which was very well supported by local people.

Pershore Plum Festival 2015

This was another very successful weekend despite the weather. We had a plum stall every Saturday in August and all through the August Bank Holiday. Thanks again to everyone who picked, sold and bought plums this year!

Plum Festival Race Night 2015

Plum Alley plum sales 2015

Plum sales near Pershore Abbey 2015

Tiddesley Wood open day May 2015

We attended the Tiddesley Wood open day near Pershore in May 2015. This event organised by Worcestershire Wildlife Trust draws a large number of visitors and is an important event for VLHT to promote our work. In 2015 we were able to give guided walks around our adjacent site, Stocken Orchard.

VLHT stall at Tiddesley Wood 2015

We're going on a bug hunt, Tiddesley Wood 2015

EVENING WALKS 2015

Our evening walks have finished for 2015.

We were very lucky with the weather this year and had a good turn out for all of the walks. See you in 2016....