It's the week of trained fruit trees....

Its all about pomology this week! If you long have wondered about the difference between cordons and double cordons, double Us, fans, espaliers and the like, read on .....

There have been a few sunny days this week and I took advantage of the fine weather to pop up to the Newt, just 10 mins in the car, to have one of my favourite winter walks.

I particularly like wandering around the walled garden to look at the trained fruit trees. At this time of year you can see the skeleton of the trees and learn how the team of expert ‘pruners’ have achieved the various looks. So this week I have gone overboard on the photos and videos to give you a really good look at the trees.

Up first, is a panoramic of the Parabola – the walled garden that houses the apple tree collection.