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  • Apple Branding

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 21 Nov 2007

    We recently had a visit form Pascal Garbe, Director of the Garden of Fruit at Laquenexy in France. He came over to see us after Kirsty Summerhayes from our Fruit Department had made an earlier trip to visit his garden to witness some of the more interesting fruit techniques used there. On this occasion... Read more..

  • Painting with apples

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 09 Oct 2007

    This week the Fruit Department are painting…. with apples. For the last few years we've held a competition with schools to come up with a design that can be 'painted' using the restricted colour palette of apples. I'm always amazed by the imagination of children and the astonishing variety... Read more..

  • Apple painting now complete

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 09 Oct 2007

    And after a couple of days hard work, the apple painting is completed. It will stay in place for a few weeks as part of the Taste of Autumn event in late October. Copyright Mike Sleigh/RHS Read more..

  • Pascal Garbe with branded apple

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 21 Nov 2007

    Pascal Garbe from Laquenexy in France with the Glasshouse logo branded apple. Copyright Mike Sleigh/RHS Read more..

  • Marking out still

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 09 Oct 2007

    Kirsty and Yannick from the Fruit Deparment marking out the tractor design. Copyright Mike Sleigh/RHS Read more..

  • branded apple

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 21 Nov 2007

    Branded apple with the Glasshouse logo Copyright Mike Sleigh/RHS Read more..

  • Jodie's original design

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 09 Oct 2007

    8 year old Jodie Francis' original drawing of a tractor. Read more..

  • Almost done

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 09 Oct 2007

    It's almost completed now. Copyright Mike Sleigh/RHS Read more..

  • On its way

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 09 Oct 2007

    You can really see the intracies now. Copyright Mike Sleigh/RHS Read more..

  • Marking out the apple mosaic

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 09 Oct 2007

    Marking out the design in chalk. Copyright Mike Sleigh/RHS Read more..