The idea of a community woodland is that everything done within it benefits the community. The "original" woodland has a small number of apple and pear trees scattered throughout, which were never officially planted. We believe these are 'seedlings' – trees grown from seed, possibly from discarded cores thrown away by walkers. When the idea was first raised to plant more apple trees, the Cheshire Landscape Trust generously provided us with a collection of nine historic Cheshire varieties, ensuring that our group of trees would rightly be called an 'Orchard.'

The names of some of the apples reflect places in Cheshire. Wareham Russet commemorates the old pronunciation of Weaverham, where this russet apple has been grown for over 200 years. Minshull Crab, from Church Minshull, is a sharp-flavoured cooking apple that has been cultivated since before 1760. Eccleston Pippin is a dual-purpose apple that retains its shape when cooked. Lord Derby is a cooking apple first raised in Cheshire in 1862, while Lord Clyde, originating in Stockport in 1866, is another cooking variety. Sure Crop, a cooking apple from Altrincham in 1905, completes the collection. Tarvin Community Woodland Trust is proud to help preserve these local varieties.

In addition, there is one non-Cheshire variety: a 'Flower of Kent' cooking apple. Although not considered of outstanding quality by modern standards, this tree is special as it is a clone of the very tree under which Sir Isaac Newton sat while developing his theory of Universal Gravitation. According to the story, in 1666, Newton, staying at Woolsthorpe Manor near Grantham due to the plague, watched apples fall from this tree and pondered, "Why should that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground?" This tree, with its historical significance, earns its place in our orchard.

Thanks to generous donations from the local community, we now also have two pear trees and a variety of other fruit trees. While our trees are still young and their crops are small, they will become more productive over the years, and the community will eventually benefit from them. The Trustees hope that, when the time comes, people will feel free to pick the fruit for their own use—whether it's enough apples for a pie or a pear to enjoy during a woodland walk. In our minds, this reflects the Trust's motto: "Created by the community, for the community."