The community gardens here in Catford, London has been lucky enough to win some cash funding to build an orchard on the edges of the playing fields. We have london clay but not too bad and lots of trees around and about in peoples gardens full of cherries, apples etc. We have nearly £1k to spend so I wondered if you'd like to give your thoughts on where to source? I have been working on it and I think a few half standards as well as maidens would get it off to a good start and obviously mega amounts of tree compost - bulk buy! I've been looking at Ashridge nurseries for bigger ones and Victoriana down here in Kent for maidens. Apples- desert and dual maybe with a newton wonder cooker, cherries, plums, pears, maybe an almond and a filbert/kentish cob, quince, couple of crab apples because they look so lovely, sloes for the hedging which we've already started and a grapevine for growing up the appalling council erected bike rack- complete eyesore! The fields are north to south and last year we baked in the sun. We have veggie beds now and the children are really enjoying seeing and eating beans, tommies, carrots etc.... it would be great in a shortish time (3/4years?) to have them picking some fruit too. We have a stables in Bromley so great manure so we're off to a good start!