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New apple orchard for Gloucestershire

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January 5, 2012 by admin Leave a Comment

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is creating a new fruit orchard using 60 local variety apple, pear and plum trees at the Trust’s Vell Mill nature …
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Filed Under: Apples, News Tagged With: Apple Orchard, Chairmen, Cheltenham, Community Fundraiser, Fruit Orchard, Fruit Tree Varieties, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Jeffries, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Local Community, Mistletoe, Nature Reserve, Newent, Orchards, Pippin, Plum Trees, Ryder, Trickle, Vell, Woodpecker


Meadow clary secure in Gloucestershire

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January 4, 2012 by admin Leave a Comment

Once common across southern England, meadow clary, a rare blue wild flower, had almost disappeared from the Gloucestershire countryside. However, …
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bill Powell, Coarse Grass, Condi, Condit, Conservation Partnership, Conservationists, Cotswolds, Dense Vegetation, Extinction, Farm Meadows, Farmer Bill, Fawkes, Gloucestershire Countryside, Nailsworth, Nature Reserve, Plantlife, Rescue Attempt, Southern England, Tim Wilkins, Wild Flower, Wildlife Trust


Juniper seedlings preserve plant in England

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January 4, 2012 by admin Leave a Comment

A conservation project to save the juniper bush in lowland England appears to be working, according to the charity Plantlife. Three hundred juniper …
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ancient Landscape, Chalk, Conservation Project, Dutch Words, English Counties, Extinction, Fungus, Germination, Grassland, Hungry Rabbits, Juniper Bush, Juniper Bushes, Last Ice Age, Limestone, Lowland England, Period Of Decline, Recovery Coordinator, Seedlings, Southern England, Species Recovery, Tim Wilkins, Viable Seed


Survey reveals apple identity crisis

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September 17, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
Heritage varieties of apples collected in a wooden tray - Credit-NTPL / William-Shaw.

The National Trust has revealed that despite the UK being a nation of apple lovers, the majority of Britons cannot identify home grown …
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Apple Blossom, Apple Calendar, Apple Lovers, Autumn, Bramley, Britons, Cox Orange, Crunch, Crunchy Texture, Director General, Eating Apple, Eating Apples, Fiona Reynolds, Food Campaign, Food Glorious Food, Good Juice, Granny Smith, Grown Apples, Heritage Varieties, Hot Spring, Local Flavours, National Trust, Nbsp, Orchards, Pink Lady, Pippin, Survey Showed That, Uk Www, Varieties Of Apples, William Shaw


West Dean apple fair 2011

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August 31, 2011 by admin 1 Comment
Over 100 varieties of apples will be on display

Over 100 varieties of apples will be on display at the West Dean College and Gardens Apple Affair in October. Experts will also be available to …
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Filed Under: Apples, Featured, News Tagged With: Apple Experts, Apple Games, Apple Growers, Apple Recipes, Arts Crafts, Assistance Dogs, Bouncy Castle, Chichester West Sussex, Cold Winter, College Specialising, Concessions, cox, Dean, Fruit Group, Good Year, John Nash, Music Room, Nursery Schools, Old Library, Peek, Pollination, Reception Hall, Related Games, Rosemary Moon, Six Miles, Spells, Ticket Holders, Twists, Varieties Of Apples, Walled Kitchen Garden, Warm Periods, West Dean College, West Sussex


National Trust feature Medlars at Chelsea

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May 16, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
Medlar trees for NTGC stand at Cheslea 2011

The National Trust will launch their new Garden Collection at Chelsea 2011 and the stand will feature old varieties, including the ancient …
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Filed Under: Featured, Fruit & Veg, News Tagged With: British Institution, Chelsea Flower Show, Conservation Work, Dream Project, Furniture Oak, Garden Space, Greenhouses, Heritage Varieties, Hot Weather, Lanhydrock, Licensed Designs, London College, Medlar Trees, National Trust Properties, Oak Leaf, Orchards, Outdoor Furniture, Outdoor Structures, Rhs Chelsea Flower Show, Scotts Of Thrapston, Summerhouses, Traditional Crafts


Fences to protect rare juniper woodland

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March 30, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
Juniperus Communis

Government permission is being sought for plans to regenerate two areas of native juniper woodland in the Cumbrian Lake District. The proposed …
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Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Access Forum, Andrew Herbert, Communis, Cumbrian, Department Of The Environment, Environment Food, European Context, Friends Of The Lake District, Government Permission, Grazing Animals, Greenside, Interested Partners, Lake District, Lake District National Park, Lakedistrict, Natural Regeneration, Planning Inspectorate, Rare Habitat, Rural Affairs, Youth Hostel


Opportunity to grow rare tomatoes

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March 20, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Rare tomatoes from a Garden Organic collection of endangered vegetables and fruit will be made available for gardeners this spring thanks to a new …
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accessions, Charity, Currant, Family Heirlooms, Gardeners, Gems, Heritage Seed Library, Hq, Mail Order, Neil Munro, Nurseries, Peat, Plug Plants, Ryton Gardens, Seed Catalogues, Tomato Plants, Tomato Varieties, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Yellow Tomato


Rare breeds help restore meadow

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February 19, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

An article in Farminguk.com states that Gateshead Council is using rare breed animals to help restore a wildflower meadow. Rare breed Hebridean …
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Breed Animals, Decline, Flowers, Forestry, Furry Friends, Gateshead Council, Habitats, Improvements, Insects, Intensive Agriculture, Livestock, Longhorn Cattle, Magic Back, Rare Breed, Rare Breeds, Rich Grasslands, Sheep, Wild Flowers, Wildflower Meadow, Wildflower Meadows


Dyfi Valley Seed Savers Seed Swap

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February 3, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Dyfi valley Seed Savers have announced that there will be no Seedy Sunday this year but a seed swap will take place in February. This year the Dyfi …
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Anita, Community Food, Cwm, Dyfi Valley, Flexibility, Land Trust, Orchard, Org Uk, Running Community, Seed Savers, Seed Swap, Seedling, Survey Time, Welsh


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New apple orchard for Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is creating a new fruit orchard using 60 local variety apple, pear

Meadow clary secure in Gloucestershire

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