Everyone loves apple juice and it’s something the whole family can enjoy, but have you thought about where is comes from and how it is made? The orchards of the National Fruit Collection and the Brogdale Collections Heritage Orchards this half term will have the answers, giving your kids and your family a unique opportunity to explore where the apples are grown and what happens to them.

Not only can you come along to Brogdale and walk through the orchards, where you can see more than 2,200 varieties of apples, cherries, pears and plums growing, but there is an opportunity for your family to pick some seasonal fruit from the special heritage orchards - and then the kids can have a go at making their own juice.

Come along and visit our Heritage orchards this half term and you can: Walk through the apple orchards and pick your favourite apples. Help prepare your apples for juicing. Have a go at pressing your apples to make juice.