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Category: Orchard Visits

Orchard Visit: The Laskett Gardens, Herefordshire

The orchard spaces within these famous gardens are hidden gems that provide plenty of fruit tree interest.

Published July 16, 2023
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits

Orchard Visit: Prospect Orchard, Llanidloes, Powys

A summer afternoon in June was the perfect time to visit the home of Welsh Mountain Cider.

Published June 25, 2022
Categorised as Cider, Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged apple, Bill Bleasdale, cider, cider making, heritage orchard, Prospect Orchard, Welsh Mountain Cider

Orchard Visit: Two at Phillips Park, Prestwich

A winter walk leads to the discovery of not one but two new orchards, one on the site of a former kitchen garden.

Published December 30, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged apple, Bury, forest garden, greengage, Incredible Edibles, Manchester, new orchard, Phillips Park, plum, Prestwich

Orchard Visit: Museum in the Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire

The fourth of this year’s Cotswold orchard visits takes in the orchard in the walled garden at the Museum in the Park in Stroud.

Published August 7, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged community orchard, Gloucestershire, heritage, history, museum, orchard, photography, Stroud

Orchard Visit: Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire

Painswick Rococo Garden is an absolute delight for an orchard enthusiast, as I discovered on a visit in June 2021.

Published August 1, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged apple, espalier, pear, trained form

Orchard Visit: Hidcote, Gloucestershire

A summer’s day in June was the perfect time to visit Hidcote’s orchards of mature, veteran and trained fruit trees.

Published July 20, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged Gloucestershire, Hidcote

Orchard Visit: Snowshill Manor, Gloucestershire

In June 2021 I visited the orchards at Snowshill Manor in Gloucestershire and here are my impressions.

Published June 29, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged National Trust, orchard photography, Snowshill Manor
  1. Darren T on Time to Check Grafted Trees for Rootstock RegrowthSeptember 12, 2023

    Hi Patti - Yes, I'm afraid it sounds very much as though that's what happened. Sometimes if the graft union…

  2. Patti on Time to Check Grafted Trees for Rootstock RegrowthSeptember 12, 2023

    I have a cherry tree that I bought this year. It was grafted onto a Maximas 14 rootstock. There seems…

  3. Darren T on Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning Year OneAugust 28, 2023

    Quick summary of the info I put in my email reply (thanks for the pics!) for the benefit of anyone…

  4. Darren T on Harvest 2022 – Top Fruit from the Allotment OrchardAugust 28, 2023

    It is a rather superb cultivar, isn't it? Sadly our tree has only produced a few apples this year, but…

  5. John on Harvest 2022 – Top Fruit from the Allotment OrchardAugust 27, 2023

    My Isle of Wight 'Howgate Wonder' grows well in the N. Yorkshire/Co. Durham border. Good Southern apple!! In my youth…

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