Help us celebrate the 25th anniversary of Apple Day!! Sunday 12th October 2025

This year we will be celebrating 25 years since the first BEES Apple Day – Sunday the 12th October 12-4pm.

Our café and food areas will be serving savoury food, amazing home made cakes and hot drinks.

Have a go at making your own organic apple juice, using a traditional apple press.

Come and enjoy a live band, stalls and children’s craft activities.

Produce for sale will include many varieties of apples from Bowling Community Orchard, apple juice, chutneys, jams, dried apples and other delicious orchard produce.

Are you able to helps us? Please let us know if you can help us with any of the following;

• Promoting the event before 12^th October
• Donating clean jars with lids
• Preparing the orchard before the event such as cutting grass
• Baking apple-based cakes, biscuits, buns or savouries
• Setting up or taking down on Sunday 12^th
• Helping to run a stall
• Clearing up at the end of the day
• General support to make the anniversary year the best one ever!

Please email bees@bradfordymca.org.uk or call 07845 239196 or 07970 621732

Directions; the orchard is within Bowling Park Allotments on Bowling Park Drive BD4 7ES. What3Words for the entrance wiser.cuts.tight

Please keep within the orchard boundaries and respect the other stall holders. Well behaved dogs on a lead please. The ground can be uneven under foot so be careful if using a pram or wheelchair and ask one of our volunteers for any assistance.

We look forward to seeing you there ready to celebrate all things appley!