School classes collect apples for juicing in the Doktorgarten Teterow on Friday. Anyone who wants to can take part or collect for their own use. On Saturday, the press will also be ready for your apples at the Dünninghaus garden market in Teterow. A pomologist will determine apple varieties. More information in the daily press or www.naturpark-mecklenburgische-schweiz.de
If you walk along Bornmühlenweg in Teterow towards Hohes Holz, you will pass an old orchard behind the allotments, the "Doktorgarten". This 2.9-hectare area was created around 1905 as an orchard by the then mayor of Teterow, Dr. Franz von Pentz, from which the garden takes its name.
Numerous old fruit varieties grow in the orchard, including the "Danziger Kantapfel" and the "Winterrambur". The trees, some of which are over a hundred years old, also provide a valuable habitat for many animals.
In 2006, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Environmental and Nature Conservation Foundation acquired the area in order to permanently preserve and develop the biotope. Since then, many old fruit varieties have been replanted.
Every year, the foundation organizes an apple day in the Doktorgarten together with the Mecklenburg Schweiz and Lake Kummerow Nature Park. On Friday, September 25, primary school children from Teterow will collect apples to be processed with a mobile juicer. The foundation and the nature park are also inviting parents and committed citizens to support the collection campaign. The juice obtained will be made available to Teterow elementary school free of charge. The event starts at 9 am.
The following Saturday, the nature park's annual apple festival will take place at the Dünninghaus garden market. The mobile juicer will be on site and visitors can have their own apples and pears pressed into juice from around 10 am. Registration is not necessary. There will also be various types of fruit for tasting and sale. Entertainment is provided by can throwing, an apple race and an apple quiz. An exhibition will provide information about orchards and a pomologist will identify local apple varieties. The garden market provides refreshments.