This blog was written by Jane Steward, who kindly shared her knowledge and recipes with us. Jane is the Plant Heritage National Collection Holder of medlars, Mespilus germanica, in Eastgate, Norfolk. She launched Eastgate Larder, the UK’s only medlar-focused enterprise, in 2016. Her harvest is destined for medlar jelly and spicy medlar chutney, and her […]
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Why you should visit the National Fruit Collection
(…when safe & feasible to). What is Brogdale Collections? Brogdale Collections manages public access to the UK’s National Fruit Collection (NFC) at Brogdale Farm near Faversham in Kent. It is the largest collection of temperate fruit in one place in the world! Row upon row of fruit trees and grape vines make up its treasure […]