It’s happening again! Save the date Saturday 27th September 2025 from 11am until around 2pm or when the apples run out!
Don’t miss this year’s delicious annual celebration of the native apple. Everything apple, from growing and harvesting to juice and crumble. Our event celebrates the apple in an entertaining 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, with help from our friends, we 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. There will also be activities to keep the younger ones entertained in between all the harvesting and tasting.
Alchemic Kitchen, supported by FOODRISE, is very grateful to the King’s Coronation Community Fund The National Lottery Heritage Fund and DEFRA for supporting Apple Day 2025. Our Apple Day is made possible with a little help from our friends;
• Taking Root,
• Friends of South Park,
• Speke Hall NT,
• Food For Thought Schools,
• Friends of South Park,
• Norton Priory,
• Lotus Brook,
• Liverpool Food Growers Network,
• Green Futures,
• Jay Hampton, Ben Ruth and Katie Tonge.
Take a look below at our apple recipes and details from last years amazing event.
Please follow us on: Instagram and Facebook @alchemic_kitchen and Bluesky @alchemickitchen and look out for more details of how to get involved in our 2025 Apple Day. Also see our news section for updates.
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2,157
Over 2,000 volunteers (including 600 children) 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.
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’





