Apple Day 2026 will be 11th October. More detals will be added spring 2026, in the meantime NEW stallholder enquiries to dsalemaker@aol.com before booking please.
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Thank you to all of our visitors who came to Apple Day 2025. The sun shone, the apples were juicy, visitors drank and ate and bought produce, plants, gifts and raffle tickets. The feedback was very positive from traders, entertainers and visitors alike and we think everyone went home happy.
Details of entertainment, activities and stall holders/partners that attended are below.
The apples and juice on sale were from the Jubilee Orchard and Walled Garden here at Cressing Temple. The Jubilee Orchard was planted near the Visitor Centre in 1993 to celebrate the Queen’s fortieth jubilee. Nine varieties of apple tree traditional to East Anglia were planted, of these nine varieties, six originate from Essex. This is one of the most significant collections of traditional apples in the region. The trees are now mature, an attractive sight in the spring, and a particular highlight of autumn for us is the harvest of apples for our Apple Day.
CLICK HERE for a video of the 2023 Apple Day.
Stalls from the Friends of Cressing Temple:
Heritage apple varieties and apple identification
Freshly pressed juice available to taste and samples to take home
Cider stalll
Plant sales, fruit growing and garden advice, fresh produce from the community garden
Tombola, raffle, dried flowers and books
Crafts
Refreshments were from:
Entertainment was provided by:
The Companye of Merrie Folke is a dedicated and experienced group of re-enactors portraying the daily lives of the common people and Gentry alike in the medieval and Tudor periods. They will also baking scones in the Bake House.
Morris Dancing from Hells Bells (alternative Morris dancers).
Gemma’s Farm – mobile farm experience.
CakeMixx – musicians
Gestingthorpe Hand Bell ringers
The Compasses Band
Out of the Mist – guitar & voice with soulful lyrics
Children’s garden trail.
See the bottom of the page for list of the wonderful craft stalls and partners that will be attending in 2025.
Craft Stalls:
Little Maplestead Pottery Studio
Cynthia Ward
Lynda’s Homemade and Homegrown
Partner stalls for 2025:
Essex Historic Buildings Group
Gardens of Easton Lodge
East of England Apple & Orchard Project (EEAOP)
Cressing Temple Community Shed
Maldon Archaeology and Historical Group
Great Notley Photographic Club
Farm Machinery Preservation Society