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All About Orchards

Come and learn about our beautiful apple orchard at Parke with a local expert from Orchard Link, as part of our Festival of Blossom

  • Booking advisable
  • Free event

Join us to learn about the orchard at Parke and it's array of old Devonian apple varieties. You will hear about some of the origins of the trees, their ecology and what they mean to our landscape now. This is the most wonderful time of year to enjoy the beauty of the orchard while the trees come into their blossomed finery.

Times

The basics

Booking details

parkeevents@nationaltrust.org.uk (please note the spelling of this email address)

Suitability

The walk is aimed at adults but older children may enjoy it too

Meeting point

We will gather by the Welcome Van in the corner of the National Trust car park. What3Words: ///passions.hoops.lads

What to bring and wear

Please come dressed for UK weather. Some parts of the orchard are wet or uneven so we recommend sturdy footwear.

Accessibility

Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs and we will do our best to support you. Distances will be short but the ground is uneven and steep in places.

Other

This is a free event but please do let us know if you would like to come along so that we know how many people to expect. You can book a place using the email address shown.

Upcoming events

Event

Spring Flowers with David - (waiting list) 

Join us for a gentle walk around the Parke Estate with local naturalist David Tilsley, to enjoy the early wild flower species.

Event summary

on
10 Apr 2025
at
10:30 to 12:30