Staff and volunteers at Coventry charity Crow Recycling have planted an orchard in the garden sothat the name of the premises finally makes sense.The charity is based at Orchard House in Sparkbrook Street, Hillfields,but despite the building's name  there were no fruit trees in sight.That all changed with a National Lottery funded gardening project andnow there are Heritage apple, pear, medlar, damson and plum trees growing in the garden.They  include the Wyken Pippin, a traditional Coventry variety of apple named for theWyken area of the city, and a Warwickshire Drooper plum. Crow Recycling provides work placements and volunteering opportunitiesfor disabled people, mainly adults and teenagers with learning difficulties.The charity's service users were keen to learn about gardening.Crow teamed up with not for profit community gardening organisationTeam Springboard CIC to set up a small food growing project in the garden behind thepremises. The orchard is part of the project. Crow Recycling office manager Lucy Lynch said: "We don't know how thebuilding got its name. Nobody can remember there ever being an orchardnearby. It needed putting right and planting an orchard was the best wayto do it. "We're  excited to have  some traditional varieties, especiallyCoventry's very own Wyken Pippin. Our service users are looking forwardto harvesting fruit that wouldn't be available on supermarket shelves.The apples and plums, along with the other fruit we grow, will be sharedbetween the people who grow it and local food hubs and socialsupermarkets. "The orchard is part of a gardening project funded by the NationalLottery Community Fund. We're  grateful to National Lottery players forhelping to make this happen."Team Springboard horticultural manager Esther Kovacs said: It is awonderful opportunity to teach people about food growing, the service users, staffand even customers really enjoy the green space - [...]