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Category: 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 apple heritage, community orchard, Gloucestershire, Museum in the Park, 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

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fruitdiseases KhanLab @fruitdiseases ·
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Adventitious plant roots illustrated by a French artist (~1826)

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ethicopywriter Rachel | The Ethical Copywriter @ethicopywriter ·
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Spent my Saturday planting trees with this lot, helping create another of their community orchards! Met some lovely people & had fun (and a good workout)🍏🍐🌳 https://twitter.com/fruitnutvillage/status/1619352120507125762

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Out fruit tree planting along #HazelwellPark Riverbank this morning. #PlantATreeIn23. Delicious sandwiches - thank you @loafcoop for the bread. And we planted another of our #BlossomWatch @NTBirmingham trees - #OldGreenGage

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adamlinnet1 Adam Linnet @adamlinnet1 ·
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Don't think we are going to get round to doing this, so sharing the good idea.

Coronation Orchards!! 👑

Five trees with royal names, planted in winter 2023 to mark the Coronation.

Annie Elizabeth 🍎
Red Windsor 🍎
Prince William 🍎
Katy 🍎
Charles Ross 🍎

Others available.

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