Community come out to plant apple trees on St Mark’s Church grounds

SEVEN apple trees were planted on St Mark’s Church grounds in Springfield on Monday, as part of The Orchard Way. Springfield Tidy Towns collaborated with The Irish Seed Savers Association and the local council to bring the neighbourhood project to life through the new initiative.

The Orchard Way is a community initiative that is designed to bring biodiversity back into everyday spaces by combining the planting of small pollinator-friendly orchards with a wider network of heritage apple trees distributed across gardens, schools, shared green areas and community spaces.