Apple Weekend 2026
Our annual free, family event, celebrating the nation’s favourite fruit, is one of most popular events of the year here at Beetham Nurseries. This year will be no different!
Offering a weekend crammed full of fruit and apple trees, fruit pressing, family fun, live music, as well as our Farmers Market — which will be bringing you some of most delicious, local artisan produce that Cumbria has to offer!
There will be plenty to see, do, eat, drink and browse… and of course, learn!
Saturday 3rd October till Sunday 4th October 2026.
Apples & Fruit Trees
Trees For Sale - Of course, we will have many apple and fruit trees for sale. With over 40 varieties available, we are delighted to once again offer our Garden Club members 10% off all fruit trees across the weekend. Not a member? Join for free at the till! Don’t forget to pick up a free Beetham Nurseries Fruit Tree Care Guide, too.
Cumbrian Loose Apples – If you’re looking to try a rare or unusual apple variety, then Beetham Nurseries is the place to visit! We are excited to offer loose apples for sale — including many that have been grown at The Cumbria Wildlife Trust's own orchard. You can try before you buy, as we'll have a special tasting table set up for you to sample each apple.
Fruit Press – Do you have an abundance of apples at home that you’d like to have made into juice? Bring them along to Apple Weekend! All you need to bring are your apples and containers to put the juice in, and a member of our team will press them for you whilst you wait. In return, we are taking donations for our charity partner of the year, St John's Hospice. Suggested minimum donation: £5. Maximum load: 30kg please.
Apple Identification – We are delighted to have Andy Gilchrist joining us again for Apple Weekend on Sunday 4th October to identify any apples you may bring in from home and to answer your apple-related questions. Please bring three apples from each tree, including stalks. This is a popular service, so you may need to leave your apple and contact details, for Andy to get back to you.
Apple Weekend Talk - More details coming soon!
WIN an Apple Tree – Enter our in-store giveaway to win your very own apple tree!
Family Fun
Children’s Crafting - Get crafty in our free children's crafting sessions, with more details to be announced nearer the time.
Fairy Hunt – Help us find the fairies this Apple Weekend! Take a card from Information Desk and hunt around the Garden Centre and Growing Nursery to find all six magical fairy doors! Each door has the name of the fairy that lives there… so all children need to do is write the name of each fairy on the card and return the card to the information desk for a very special prize! Enter your details on the back of the card, and your family will be in with a chance of winning a £25 Beetham Nurseries voucher!
Colouring Competition – When visiting The Garden Café on each day of Apple Weekend, be sure to pick up a Cumbria Wildlife Trust colouring sheet and get as creative as you’d like! When you are happy with your masterpiece, enter your details on the back of your colouring sheet before handing it in at the counter, and you'll be in with a chance of winning a fantastic prize!
Live Music – We are delighted to welcome some of Beetham's favourite live music acts to join us on the Terrace. The full lineup will be announced on our socials in the run up to the event.
Food & Drink
Fruit-themed Garden Café Menu – It wouldn’t be an Apple Weekend without a fruit-themed menu in The Garden Cafe! Join us on both days for some very special additions to the menu!
Farmers Market – We are delighted to once again be working with incredible local producers who will be bringing you some of the most delicious, local artisan produce that Cumbria has to offer!
Beetham's Food Court - Don't miss our vintage horse box and food truck on The Terrace, where you can pick up some street food and relax listening to some of the incredible live music acts. Baked by Beetham will also be there, serving traybakes, cakes, cookies and more.
KingSharp
Whilst you're here, find KingSharp at the entrance door to Beetham Nurseries in the car park. Operating from his fully-fitted van on Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm, KingSharp can sharpen almost anything with a blade!
We hope you will join us for what is sure to be a wonderful, family event. If you would like to know more, please don’t hesitate to contact us.