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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
  1. Darren T on Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to FruitJune 4, 2023

    You're welcome! :)

  2. Camille on Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to FruitJune 3, 2023

    Sorry for the delayed response, but thank you very much for all this information. I will keep it to refer…

  3. Darren T on How To: Thin Out Apple and Pear FruitletsJune 3, 2023

    Thank you Oltice, I'm very glad it was helpful. Thinning really is one of the most useful and important things…

  4. Oltice on How To: Thin Out Apple and Pear FruitletsJune 2, 2023

    This was absolutely brilliant. I know now why my apple tree doesn't produce any fruits this year, after having millions…

  5. Darren T on Dealing With Pear Midge Problems the Organic WayJune 2, 2023

    I'm sorry Ruth, but I don't have much experience with spraying, so I wouldn't know what to advise there. I…

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