Apple Day at Speke Hall to celebrate apples!

On 29th September 2024 over 2,000 local community volunteers joined us at Speke Hall to celebrate the humble apple.

Whilst there to harvest over 2 tonnes of the many different varieties of apples from the National Trust’s Speke Hall orchard, local volunteers got to learn about the heritage varieties grown and how to grow and prune your own apple trees.

The highlight of the day for many, in addition to knowing no apple was going to waste, was getting to taste their deliciousness. On the day over 160 litres of freshly milled and pressed apple juice was sampled, plus 500 heart-warming apple crumbles were made and eaten. The recipes were also provided and many people filled tote bags, amazingly designed by Nonconform, with the surplus apples picked to recreate the apple deliciousness at home.

Many of the volunteers who live close to Speke Hall made use of the https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/liverpool-lancashire/speke-hall/speke-hall-neighbours-pass to visit on Apple Day and now get to use that to visit all year, and for just £5 per adult.

Apple Day is an annual event by Alchemic Kitchen. Look out for details for our event in 2025!

Alchemic Kitchen is very grateful to the King’s Coronation Community Fund and the Heritage Fund for supporting Apple Day 2024.
Our Apple Day is made possible by our friends; Taking Root, Friends of South Park, Speke Hall, Food For Thought Merseyside, Norton Priory, Ben Ruth and Katie Tonge.

Thank you!