Two women inspect an apple tree enclosed by a triangular guard. There is a large bee-hive shaped hut in the distance. Image Credit - Hannah Drummond
Fancy brushing up your #Orchard know-how? 🍏
Join us 25th Feb at #Bellsquarry with the wonderful @theorchardproject.bsky.social for a chance to learn some new skills and help your local orchard thrive. 🍎
Free (yes, free!) tickets at 👉https://buff.ly/7AGqzAH
3 Woodland working Group volunteers in Bellsquarry Community Orchard cutting the meadow with sythes.
Volunteer raking up cut vegetation in Bellsquarry Community Orchard.
#WoodlandWorkingGroup volunteers took to #Bellsquarry Community Orchard meadow with scythes 🍎
Cutting vegetation the traditional way will promote wildlife growth, pollinators and more apples🤞 It's wildlife friendly and fun!
Big thanks to our volunteers and #TCV for lending us the equipment ⛏️
A young girl wearing a hat and gloves peeks through the small wooden 'window' that is fixed to the trunk of a large tree. Credit WTML / Helen Pugh
A mature beech tree with a small wooden 'window' and door fixed to its trunk, it also has visible bracket fungi. Credit WTML / Helen Pugh.
Sometimes there's more to a tree than meets the eye...at #Bellsquarry Wood, near Livingston. #ThickTrunkTuesday
2025 - A group of 12 adults (Postcode Lottery staff) stands by a painted hut. Three of them are sitting in the hut and there are apple trees in the background. Everyone is smiling! Credit WTML
2015 - 8 people (6 children & 2 adults) standing in front of a wooden bee hive structure, smiling and laughing. Three of the children are wearing colourful tabards - one striped like a bee, two dotted like a ladybird. Credit Helen Pugh/WTML.
All smiles from People's #PostcodeLottery volunteers who joined us at #Bellsquarry Community Orchard last week to upgrade the guards on our apple trees. 🍎
It's been 10 years since we planted the orchard with support from players of People's Postcode Lottery - we can't quite believe it! 😮 🌱
A butterfly with orange wings and blackspots rests on bright purple heather. The text underneath reads 'Bellsquarry Pollinator Party: Saturday 14th June, 11am-2pm'
🐝 A day for all the family - join us at #Bellsquarry Wood in #Livingston for a day of games, crafts & nature trails!
📆 Sat 14th June
🕛 11:00am – 2:00pm
📍 Bellsquarry Wood, EH54 9JR
👉 Free tickets buff.ly/HE72MWn
@westlothiancouncil.bsky.social
