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Have you got a fruit tree in your garden, but don't know which variety? Jim Arbury, fruit guru at RHS Wisley, will be on hand at the Plant Centre to identify your unknown fruit, from 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm, on both Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th November. Please bring several examples of each variety... Read more..
Everyone knows the old saying about eating an apple a day , but this is just the tiniest tip of the mountain of apple facts and folklore . This wealth of information could perhaps be attributed to the fruit's long association with humans, so long that it might just be the oldest cultivated tree.... Read more..
Hi I am Jim Arbury and this is my first blog. I am an RHS horticultural specialist with a particular interest and experience in fruit growing. I have worked at Wisley for 30 years and so have seen the orchard and fruit gardens through many contrasting seasons. I have been involved with all aspects of... Read more..
We have a wide selection of plants to choose from: Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Cherries, Apples, Pears, Plums and many more, so why not pick up a tasty bargain while stocks last? This offer has now ended Read more..
Photo:SA Sharp 25/03/2010 Planting design for potager measured and marked out using bamboo canes and string lines. Sand also used to 'draw' part of the pattern on the soil. Useful to visualize the design before the seeds and plants go in. Read more..
Jim Arbury measuring the depth of snow at the Wisley Weather Station in the Fruit Field. He is using a broom because the standard rule is only 30cm long. The snow was 40cm deep! Photo: Ali Valsecchi Read more..
un-named crab apple tree in Heather Greig's garden; all fruit withered in 2008, abundant fruit in 2009 Read more..
Photo: SA SHARP 7/6/2010 Background of lettuce 'Bijou' and broad bean 'Crimson Flowered'. Read more..
Photo: SA SHARP 7/5/2010 Pictured here on a leaf on an apple stepover in the potager, winter moth larvae on the munch (ever so quietly). Read more..
Photo: SA SHARP 22/04/2010 Not the best photographic angle for identification purposes, but the only chance I got! Read more..