White Ladies Aston – St. John the Baptist Church WR7 4QQ
14th September 2 – 5pm
Touch your senses
Come and see a wooden spired stone church with a peaceful graveyard; hear a community choir smell the beautiful music themed flower displays and taste a delicious afternoon tea and a range of locally grown plums and apples (supplied by Walsgrove Farm).
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Damsons
Damsons are now ready for PYO and ready picked. They are plentiful and we will be picking them for about 3 weeks.
Fruit availability and opening times w/b 11th September
Opening times –
Wednesday 11th September 9.30 – 6pm
Thursday 12th September 9 – 6pm
Friday 13th September 9 – 6pm
Saturday 14th September 9 – 1pm; 5 – 7pm (see Festival of Churches info below)
Sunday 15th September 9 – 5pm
Monday 16th September 9 – 6pm
Apples picked and PYO – Bramley, Katy, Worcester
Apples picked – George Cave, James Grieve, Epicure
Plums picked and PYO – Victorias. Marjories, Burbanks, Edwards, Purple and Yellow Pershores
Damsons – picked and PYO
Blackberries – mainly PYO
Opening times and fruit
Thursday 5th September 9 – 6pm
Friday 6th September 9 – 5pm
Saturday 7th September 9 – 5pm
Sunday 8th September 9 – 5pm
Monday 9th September 9 – 6pm
Tuesday 10th September 9 – 6pm
Plums PYO and ready picked –
sweet eaters – Victoria, Edwards
slightly sharper eater – Purple Pershore
suitable for jam / freezing – Yellow Pershore and Purple Pershore
Apples –
Ready picked – James Grieve,
Ready picked and PYO – Katy, Worcester, Bramley
Also blackberries, mainly for PYO.
Fruit update
Edward plums are now ready – very large deep purple eater.
Also Worcester apples.
Today's plum walk
We still have places on the 4pm and 7pm plum walks. Join us if you can.
Victoria plums
are now ready! PYO and ready picked.
We have also now started picking James Grieve (suitable for cooking at this stage) and Epicure (eater) apples.
Opening times and fruit availability w/b 30th August
We will be open:-
Friday 30th September 9am – 6pm
Saturday 31st August 9am – 6pm
Sunday 1st September 9am – 6pm
Monday 2nd September 9am – 7pm
Tuesday 3rd September 9am – 6pm
Wednesday 4th September 9am – 5.30pm
Plums PYO and ready picked –
sweet eaters – Swan, Belle de Louvain, Avalon (a Victoria type plum)
slightly sharper eater – Purple Pershore
suitable for jam / freezing – Yellow Pershore and Purple Pershore
Apples –
Ready picked – Irish Peach, George Cave,
Ready picked and PYO – Katy, Bramley
Also blackberries, mainly for PYO.
There may be other varieties as the week goes by so watch this space!!
Paul's Plum Walk Update
The 3pm walk is now full so we are slotting in a further one at 4pm. There are still some places on the 7pm one.
Paul's Plum Walk
Join us on Monday 2nd September at either 3pm or 7pm for a guided walk round our orchard, with the opportunity to taste up to 7 varieties of plum. Tickets are £5 each to include a cup of tea/coffee and two pounds of plums of your choice. All money goes towards Cancer Research Relay for Life in which our family is participating on 7th September. Please email to reserve your place (margaret@walsgrove.co.uK)