Here's something most people don't know: a lone apple tree is often a lonely apple tree. To set proper fruit, most varieties need a pollination partner — another apple tree close by that blooms at the same time, so the bees can do their work. No partner, no bumper crop.
The good news? Navan already has more apple trees than anyone realises — tucked into back gardens, growing up walls, standing quietly in old orchards. We just don't know where most of them are yet. That's what we're fixing.
Every tree added makes the whole map, and everyone's harvest, a little stronger. Whether you've a mature tree that's cropped for decades or a sapling in a pot on the patio, it counts, and it belongs on the map.
Your Eircode - just to place a tree icon on the map.
Variety if you know it — Bramley, Discovery, Katy, Egremont Russet, or just "no idea, but it's lovely."
Pollination Group, if you know it — usually A, B or C or 1,2,3 etc. Don't know it? Just tell us roughly when it blossoms and we'll work it out.
By supporting our Urban Orchards, we’re growing a more biodiverse community and sweeter harvests!
Add your tree — it takes 2 minutes and all we need:
We've already mapped 53 apple trees across the Navan area — and every single one makes it easier for someone else's tree three doors down to finally get the pollination partner it's been missing. Add yours, and you might be the tree that turns a neighbour's blossom into their best-ever harvest.
We'll elaborate in more detail when we've collated more entries.
By mapping our urban orchard, we're not just tracking apples — we're building a more biodiverse, better-pollinated Navan, one garden at a time. It's a small thing to add your tree. It's a big thing when a whole neighbourhood does 🌱💚
*Curious what this project has already achieved?
See what's grown from it → https://www.johnstowntidytowns.ie/projects/initiatives/apple-tree-mapping/community-orchard
Project supported & funded by the Heritage Council and Meath County Council