Inside the £50k plan to transform parts of Oldham into fruit orchards
An unassuming field at the end of Granby Street in Chadderton will soon be unrecognisable as it is transformed into a lavish fruit orchard this Saturday. After winning a £50k government grant, a team of community groups, local councillors and Oldham Council’s environment workers have hatched a plan for four new community gardens in the borough, with Granby Street to become the first.