Welcome to Fieldfare Orchard
Organic edible & useful plant nursery
We grow a wide range of plants for forest gardens, Syntropic tree lines, agroecological farms & Permaculture orchards. Including seedling nut trees, unusual fruiting shrubs & perennial vegetable plants, berry bushes, dye plants, biomass & basketry willow.
Small plants and propagation material can be ordered in our web shop for delivery by post to uk addresses. If you require larger plants & trees please visit our Nursery at Three Hares Farm, Winford, North Somerset.
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Fieldfare Syntropic Orchard
We began planting our experimental Orchard in 2022. Our aim is to create a vibrant and abundant ecosystem that produces an exciting range organic products. From fruits, fungi and berries, to herbs, natural dyes and baskets. Once established the Orchard will be open to the public and the local community will be able to harvest all kinds of produce.
Our online nursery shop showcases our range of perennial edible and useful plants. Order and pay through the shop and select your preferred local collection point.
Current options are Three Hares Farm or a Collection point in Horfield Bristol.
Why is it called Fieldfare Orchard?
The word Fieldfare derives from the Old English ‘feldefare’ that’s thought to have meant ‘traveller through the fields’, a nice connection to our site at Three Hares Organics which is on the major long distance footpath - the Monach’s Way. This also connects with the idea of welcoming community back to the land to gather.
Also we are starting with an open ‘field’ and aiming to grow a diversity of ‘fare’ or produce. So it seemed a fitting creature to represent a new kind of orchard producing a diverse range of products.
The bird is a migrant visitor to the UK from northern Europe, it frequents orchards and eats insects, worms, windfall fruit and berries. The fact that the bird eats fruit is a reminder that we can share the bounty with nature.
Framberry
The fruits of this hybrid strawberry have very deeply set seeds and slightly bumpy flesh that give the fruit a raspberry-like appearance. The strawberry flavour is excellent, the plants have a pleasing upright habit and the fruits are a beautiful dark red when fully ripe.
Price is for an established 1-2 year old bare root plant. Roots will be wrapped in compostable cornstarch bags for transport.
We are working to reduce horticultural plastic by growing more plants in deep beds and supplying them bare rooted.