West Dean College fruit garden, Sussex
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West Dean College is located on the edge of the Sussex South Downs some 8 miles north of
Chichester. Many interesting things go on there including seasonal chilli and tomato festivals plus many
interesting courses such as tapestry making, international guitar festival, art exhibitions, workshops on
making early music stringed instruments, gardening, chair making, writing etc, which you can check out on
their web site here.
We went there last year for their apple and pear event. They have a marvellous fruit garden within brick walls
of the sort one sees at National Trust maintained stately homes. Examples of trees trained in uncommon
shapes are on display, I had previously only fruit trees trained like this in the pages of Louis Lorette's classic
book on pruning.
We begin our virtual tour of the west Dean College fruit garden with the most typical of restricted trained
forms of fruit, cordons. These are pears. Note the flint on the walls, usually it's plain brick.
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West Dean College is located on the edge of the Sussex South Downs some 8 miles north of
Chichester. Many interesting things go on there including seasonal chilli and tomato festivals plus many
interesting courses such as tapestry making, international guitar festival, art exhibitions, workshops on
making early music stringed instruments, gardening, chair making, writing etc, which you can check out on
their web site here.
We went there last year for their apple and pear event. They have a marvellous fruit garden within brick walls
of the sort one sees at National Trust maintained stately homes. Examples of trees trained in uncommon
shapes are on display, I had previously only fruit trees trained like this in the pages of Louis Lorette's classic
book on pruning.
We begin our virtual tour of the west Dean College fruit garden with the most typical of restricted trained
forms of fruit, cordons. These are pears. Note the flint on the walls, usually it's plain brick.
