Foreword Introduction Part One: The orchard in the landscape Chapter 1: From wilderness to cultivation Chapter 2: An orchard tapestry Chapter 3: Conservation and biodiversity Chapter 4: Orchards in the community Part Two: An orchard of your own Chapter 5: Creative orchard design Chapter 6: Fruit trees for every space Chapter 7: Tree planting and care Chapter 8: Enjoying the harvest Resources Index
This gloriously illustrated book is a great resource for fruit-lovers everywhere.
Naomi Slade is a freelance gardening journalist and author who writes for The Telegraph, RHS The Garden and Country Living, among others. Her love of orchards started in her family orchard in Wales, where she has over 85 different named-variety apple trees from which she still produces apples juice.
For over 30 years I have grown ornamentals with never a thought for
planting fruit trees, until now. Naomi combines a dream of yore
with a challenge for the future. Count me in.
*Roy Lancaster, broadcaster, gardener and author*
Good to see both home growing and commercial considerations
covered. Well done!
*Martin Crawford, Agroforestry Research*
This delightful book takes us on a sensual stroll through the
orchard landscape, conveying both the romance and the
practicalities of growing fruit trees.
*Ben Pike, author of The Fruit Tree Handbook*
From scrumping, hedgerow fruits and King Henry VIII to the random
seedling cider orchards of New America, this is a major
contribution to pomology, offering education, history and
entertainment.
*Tom Burford, author of Apples of North America*
Naomi Slade offers fresh thoughts on growing fruit in the smaller
gardens of many modern grow your own gardeners and suggests that
the way forward may be for community orchards. She provides
planting advice, cultivation and maintenance techniques, and then
launches into ways to use and preserve the fruits of your
fruit-growing.
*Barbara Segall, The Herb Society*
A horticultural fairytale, it also provides a practical roadmap to
getting started – even in the increasingly tiny modern garden.
*James Wong, ethnobotanist, TV presenter, garden designer and
writer*
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