Brogdale Fruit Trees

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Brogdale Fruit Trees

Fruit trees specialists and growers bare root trees espaliers stepovers standards and half standards. The national fruit collection is one of the largest fruit collections in the world and includes over 3500 named apple pear plum cherry bush fruit vine and cob nut cultivars.

Apple Weekend

The farm occupies a 150 acre 61 ha site and has housed the collection since it moved from wisley in 1952.

Brogdale fruit trees. Brogdale though is open to the public and at this time of year its fruit shop is probably the best stocked on the planet. In the 1980s the government cut funding to the site with closure threatened by march 1990. Located at brogdale farm near faversham kent the collection is owned by the department for environment food and rural affairs defra.

A collection of different apple pear and fruit trees along with what is the market place. Brogdale farm is home to the united kingdoms national fruit collection one of the largest collections of fruit trees and plants in the world. Brogdale is home to over 4000 varieties of fruit including apples cherries plums.

Fruit trees specialists and growers bare root trees espaliers stepovers standards and half standards. Grow at brogdale follow. The supermarkets want high yield apple trees producing nice looking.

Daily orchard tours and annual fruit festivals event days. Grown and grafted at our nursery at brogdale kent. This is a collection of farm type shops and cafes.

We graft heritage rare fruit trees from the national fruit collection. Many thanks to donna for the tour of at growatbrogdale nursery and fruit trees for our new yet to be planted community orchard. The fruit collection apples the apple is the largest collection at brogdale with varieties coming from all over the world and almost every county in britain.

Apples can be sweet sharp aromatic crispy juicy or soft creamy. Grown and grafted at our nursery at brogdale kent. Our nursery is open to the public also online webshop.

There is a miniature railway and a small playground for children. For a great food day out in kent with healthy eating explore the brogdale farm orchards with fruit trees ranging from apples and pears to plums and cherries to cobnuts strawberries and quinces while they are in season and experience demonstrations tastings and displays during our special festivals. Brogdale is home to over 4000 varieties of fruit including apples cherries plums.

Search names accession number list all a z apple pear apricot blackcurrant redcurrant cherry gooseberry plum.

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