Sue and I went to Cliveden last week, which is an National Trust property and I just found out for every visitor that comes the site gets £3.90 in funding..

The gardens are great and I really enjoyed the Long Garden because veg!

The grounds are lovely, hilly but lovely.

The unexpectedly magical find was the Round Garden. It’s an orchard laid out in the 19th Century and maybe the only surviving example of this planting style. The trees are trained to grow either side of a hoop, so you walk through tunnels of apple and pear trees. The orchard fell out of use in the 1950’s and became a haven for wildlife, the ranger team at Cliveden are gently restoring it but trying to maintain the wildlife diversity.

If I ever have the theoretical homestead then this is the type of orchard I want!

Being a National Trust property there were plants to buy, so I did!