Support the Orchard
How Can You Help
- Volunteer at our monthly work party. First Saturday of the month 10.30am to 1pm
- Join the management team – we are looking for help with planning and running Events and with Fundraising. Can you spare some time for us?
- Are you a workshop leader looking for a space outdoors or indoors in our yurt? Can you offer countryside crafts or wellbeing sessions? We’d love to hear from you.
- Make a donation
- Befriend a tree
Looking for a special present or a unique way of commemorating an event or person? Why not befriend a tree in the orchard. Here’s what one of our ‘befrienders’ wrote …
‘It was a small feature in the Parish Magazine that caught my eye and led to one of the best Christmas gifts ever! Northaw Community Orchard was inviting local residents to befriend a tree in support of the Orchard. A quick call to the Orchard group and £25 was exchanged for a nice certificate confirming that I had (on behalf of my wife) adopted a Lane’s Prince Albert apple tree, number 13, in Willow Field. A Christmas gift that was well received and Brownie points for me’
For a donation of £25 you can choose your very own tree. In return, you will be updated on its progress and will receive a handsome certificate. Even better, you will be able to sample fruits from your tree each year. We still have many fruit and nut trees to choose from including cherries, plums, apples, pears, cobnuts, quinces and more.
Yurt Hire
April to October – available daytime and overnight for sleepovers, family BBQ’s, children’s parties, venue for courses and workshops etc.
Sleeps 4-6 people
Rates
Weekends (Fri-Sun) £130 first night, £100 subsequent nights
Weekdays (Mon-Thurs) £120 first night, £90 subsequent nights
Hourly rate £15/hour
All proceeds go towards upkeep of the orchard
Location
Situated in the heart of lovely Northaw Village, just 15 mins drive from London tube stations High Barnet/ Cockfosters and 5 mins drive from Potters Bar/Crews Hill and Cuffley train stations, our standalone yurt is part of our quiet Community Orchard and is entirely off-grid. On a 4 acre site, with over 80 fruit trees, our yurt rentals fund our Orchard project.
Northaw village has a pub (The Two Brewers) serving meals and a restaurant and cocktail bar and restaurant (Judges) just 5 minutes walk away. Local shops in Cuffley/Potters Bar are a short drive away.
The area has great walks, including Northaw Great Wood Country Park, Fir and Pond Woods Nature Reserve and Hertfordshire Chain Walk footpaths. A local footpath map is provided.
Facilities
The yurt has two double sofa beds (mattresses can be separated). It is entirely off grid but has a wood burning stove. There is a private-use compost toilet and coldwater supply with sink.
We supply bowls, plates and cups x 10 each, cutlery sets for 4 people, teapot, water carrier, washing up/cleaning materials/equipment, 3 wind up lanterns, one basket of logs for the stove, pillows x 6, airbeds x 2 and a barbecue.
Please bring your own sheets, pillowcases, sleeping bags or duvets and torches.
Sorry, no pets allowed and no smoking in the yurt.
Marquee Hire
We have a 4x4m marquee for hire on or off site. The marquee can be used with or without side panels. We will deliver, erect and dismantle the marquee on site ourselves. Ideal for a small garden.
Price on application.
All proceeds go toward upkeep of the orchard
