A delicious annual celebration of the native apple. Everything apple, from growing and harvesting to juice and crumble. This event celebrates the apple in an entertaining, educative and delicious way and importantly demonstrates why it’s vital not to waste this fresh local fruit.
Each year we team up with National Trust Speke Hall to make sure all the delicious apples in their orchard do not go to waste! Whilst we’re there, we, with our partners, will be celebrating the apple by milling and pressing juice juices, creating and tasting heart-warming crumbles, and educating about food waste and growing tips, and sharing recipes.
Alchemic Kitchen is very grateful to the King’s Coronation Community Fund and the Heritage Fund for supporting Apple Day 2024. Our Apple Day was made possible with a little help from our friends; Taking Root, Friends of South Park, Speke Hall, Food For Thought Merseyside, friends of South Park, Norton Priory, Lotus Brook, Liverpool Food Growers Network, Ben Ruth and Katie Tonge.
Look out for details of our 2025 Apple Day and how you can get involved.
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2,000
Over 2,000 volunteers joined us at Speke Hall to celebrate the humble apple in September 2024
2 tonnes
Over 2 tonnes of the many varieties of apples were picked from the orchard in just a few hours
500
Ensuring zero waste and maximum taste; 500 crumbles and over 160 litres of freshly pressed juice were enjoyed on the day.
2157
Visitors (including 600+ children)
72
Local area family passes from Speke
and Garston.
495
Family passes from the NT ‘autumn gold’ promotion (free entry for 2 adults and up to 3 children.)
Visitor quote:
‘There’s teenagers in the trees! Well, at least they aren’t on their devices’
Visitor quote:
‘Everyone loved the apple bags and recipe booklets’
