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News for April

In April we will be starting a new wild flower project.

We have ordered 420 bulbs from garden supply direct 

100 native double headed daffodils bulbs in the green

100 native wild daffodils bulbs in the green

200 wild garlic bulbs in the green

20 snakehead fritillary bulbs in the green.

This will be done to help Boost the wild population of Native woodland flowers.

see our wildflowers project page for more info.


Orchard Update.

Our Orchard is starting to Establish after last year & this years Planting.

morello cherry 1 tree, opal plum 1 tree,doyenne du comice pear 2 trees ,jonagold apple 2 trees ,Other Apples 2 trees ,victoria plum 1 tree & stella cherry 1 tree tree.

We will be planting marbella golden sphere plum 1 tree to add to our Orchard this week.

Taking our Fruit Trees to 13 trees plus a couple of Black Current Bushes have been Established.

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