Waterperry’s Orchard Manager fears yields of this year’s apple and pear crops will be much lower than normal.
Chris Lanczak says the late frosts and very cold spring were surprising after such a long, cold winter and they’ve hit the Waterperry apple and pear crops hard.
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There’s no doubting it’s been a difficult start to the year.
Arctic winter winds and the cold north easterlies blew throughout the spring so it’s hardly surprising our rose garden is only just reaching its full potential.
My favourite part of the garden is where the shrub roses grow.
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The Lord Chamberlain’s Men have once again treated our visitors to a wonderful performance – this time of The Tempest.
Set against the backdrop of our beautiful ornamental gardens, the all male company entertained both the young and not so young with their engaging style.Read more
Readers of Gardeners’ World Magazine have voted Waterperry their favourite garden in the South East. They also voted the Pear Tree Teashop top in the Best Afternoon Tea category for the region – a new category for 2010.
It follows an online survey by the magazine earlier this year, when readers were asked to pick their favourite gardens from all those involved in the Gardeners’ World 2-for-1 entry scheme.
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