Orchard Visit: Killruddery House and Gardens, Bray, Co. Wicklow
A productive kitchen garden with mature and recently-planted fruit trees makes this Bray estate well worth visiting.
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Orchard Visit: Airfield Estate, Dundrum, Dublin
This 38-acre working farm and education centre offers a great many mature trees, vines and more for the fruit enthusiast to enjoy.
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Orchard Visit: Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow
A visit to this grand old estate garden resulted in an unexpected bonus: a row of handsomely mature, wall-grown fruit trees.
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Orchard Visit: The Laskett Gardens, Herefordshire
The orchard spaces within these famous gardens are hidden gems that provide plenty of fruit tree interest.
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Orchard Visit: Prospect Orchard, Llanidloes, Powys
A summer afternoon in June was the perfect time to visit the home of Welsh Mountain Cider.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Orchard Visit: Snowshill Manor, Gloucestershire
In June 2021 I visited the orchards at Snowshill Manor in Gloucestershire and here are my impressions.
