The Shadow Orchard

Description:

For thousands of years people have harvested fruits from the wild. Many of these have since been cultivated but their wild ancestors and relatives still form an important genetic resource and considerations to their conservation state have hitherto been relatively unexplored, particularly those native to Great Britain. Jim Chapman explores this "Shadow Orchard", its history and present state.

subjects: Fruit trees,  Orchards,  Natural History,  Conservation,  Stewardship

Places: Gloucestershire

Times: 1100-2018