I've recently started work at The Great Northern in Manchester as Community Growing Coordinator. We're aiming to get people who live, work or visit the city centre to get involved in gardening. An old water fountain has been filled in with soil and we've planted a range of fruit trees including apple, pear and plum. I'm hoping they will fruit next year.
The beds are quite small so we've chosen small, dwarf varieties. If you want to plant to plant a mini orchard, look out for trees on M27 rootstock which will produce fruit on a small tree less than 2m high provided you prune them every year.
