In Ladygrove Meadow, off Drayton Road, the 30 fruit trees planted in February 2025 by the town council and community volunteers are in blossom.

Blossom seems to be all around the Ladygrove Meadow playpark — including lots of blackthorn in the nearby hedgerows.

Blossom can also be seen at Boxhill Recreation Ground, where community volunteers planted 20 fruit trees back in November 2020.

Ladygrove Meadow and Boxhill are part of a wider national movement. Across the UK, communities and local councils are planting orchards affter decades of decline. The National Trust estimates that more than half of all orchards in England and Wales have been lost to housing and development.