Ilford Community Apple harvest 2026
We are piloting a community effort to pick and use the apples going to waste in people’s gardens. National Apple Day is on 21st October and we will be able to celebrate it with pride this year!
We are expecting to collect and use apples from a minimum of 25 trees in Ilford, hopefully a lot more. The good ones we can distribute to the Community Grocer, Food banks and others.
The bad’uns we will use what we can and turn to chutneys etc, using all the community recipes we can find.
We have already got the offer of the community kitchen at Belgrave Road Mosque Community. Centre and hopefully St Margarets Church.
Why just apples?
We won’t turn down other fruit but the focus is apples. Most of those we pick and use this year will have gone to waste in 2025. We want to start somewhere and see what we can achieve and learn, and enjoy the community spirit and connections we build along the way.
Want to join us? Got an apple tree? Get in touch.
More updates to follow.