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We are currently looking to recruit new contractors to support our aims and plans for the future of Brendon Orchards
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Excess Apples? Love Juice?
If you have lots of apples, we have all the right equipment and expertise to enable you to turn them into your own fresh apple juice or cider.
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- Hire an apple press kit to do it yourself with friends, family or a community event.
- Join a Community Juicing event if you have a small crop of apples.
- Use our, new for 2024, Juice for You service – bring your apples to us, come back later for lovely bottles of pasteurised juice; or containers of juice for cider making
- Become a member and join a number of activities throughout the year.
We set up in 2007 to provide a means for using our abundant apple crops in a fun and hands-on way. We offer interactive experiences for all ages within our community and beyond.
Since then our members have made many thousands of litres of the tastiest apple juice and cider. For many groups and individuals, apple-pressing has become a regular annual event, often booked well in advance to secure their preferred date(s). Our equipment is super easy to use and supplied with full instructions and support.
We are a fruit processing co-operative based in Wiveliscombe, Somerset whose aims are to make viable an sustainable the uniquely valuable orchards of the West Country.
Check here to learn more about our aims and achievements.
In the Press
Juicy articles published in national and local media

The Guardian
Country Diary - The alchemical wonder of turning apples into juice

The Observer
Cider's not rosy: alarm as nine in 10 traditional orchards vanish
Article copy from The Observer, published 9th Feb 2025.

Wicked Leeks
Is cider the ultimate, eco-friendly tipple?
A new wave of small-scale cider producers is coming to the rescue of our diminishing, national orchards 12th November 2024 • Tomé Morrissy-Swan


