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  • Get growing!

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 25 Feb 2009

    I love this time of year. The mild weather over the last couple of weeks has really got things going in the garden. Over half term we had huge numbers of happy visitors enjoying the butterflies, bulbs, scented flowers and general ambience. Hepaticas in the Alpine Display House are looking wonderful this... Read more..

    Tags: vegetables, Model Fruit Garden, Grow your Own, Wisley, snowdrop, apple, potato, model vegetable garden, hepatica, potatoes

  • Bramley's Birthday

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 18 Mar 2009

    Our Grow Your Own weekend proved exceptionally popular on the weekend of 7-8th March. As part of the event we celebrated the 200th birthday of the famous cooking apple ‘Bramley’s Seedling’ AGM. Jim Arbury and his team in the Fruit and Trials Department planted the tree at the edge of the Fruit Field... Read more..

    Tags: apples, fruit mount, Wisley, garden, fruit field, apple, bramley apple, tree planting, orchard

  • Ali pruning an apple tree.

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 18 Feb 2009

    Ali pruning an apple tree that is grown as a restricted form in the Model Fruit Garden. These are pruned differently to a regular tree, with more pruning in late summer. Photo: Mike Sleigh Read more..

    Tags: apple, pruning, model fruit garden, Wisley

  • Staked and ready to go

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 18 Mar 2009

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    Tags: apples, apple, fruit, Wisley, bramley apple, fruit field, orchard

  • Jim firming down the soil around the tree

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 18 Mar 2009

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    Tags: apples, apple, fruit, Wisley, bramley apple, fruit field, orchard

  • Gerry with the mallet

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 18 Mar 2009

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    Tags: apples, apple, fruit, Wisley, bramley apple, fruit field, orchard

  • Getting the planting level

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 18 Mar 2009

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    Tags: apples, apple, fruit, Wisley, bramley apple, fruit field, orchard