Important Changes at Bernwode Fruit Trees

Grafting to order – We continue to make available old varieties, to ensure their survival in the wider world, but the number we now list makes it impossible to carry a wider stock for ready availability, especially on a range of different rootstocks. Regrettably, the rare varieties attract less attention, despite their worthiness, and remain unsold for longer than is good for them, in pots. Though we still have plenty of choices available at the nursery for instant planting, we must increasingly move over towards a system where we graft specific requests to order. We graft from January to early March and new trees are then available for planting in September. Please let us know what varieties (on what rootstocks) you want early in the year and be prepared to wait until September, if we do not have them in stock currently. If your wants are flexible then we should be able to find plenty of options from current stock. The new trees are now ready to go and stocks are at their highest levels in September and October, the ideal time for planting, in a normal year, when the ground is not drought affected ground is not rock hard!

Changing Opening Times – Travel to the nursery is always encouraged by us, so we can give good advice and get to meet our customers, but motoring is no longer the pleasure it once was, and we are open for much longer times than the number of customers warrant. We are therefore now changing our opening times and days. Please see the new opening arrangement at the bottom of this web page before making a trip. When we are formally closed, we are usually at the nursery anyway, so we will continue to be open by appointment outside opening times. All we ask is that you let us know what day you would like to visit or collect trees and an approximate time – and we will be here for your visit. There is no need for an appointment during our opening times.

If your email client sends emails to us at bernwode@xln.co.uk, please amend it to send to ask@bernwodefruittrees.co.uk. The former email address is due to be retired and your emails might not come through and be answered. Thank you.

We collect, conserve, grow and sell trees of traditional British fruit varieties. They are container grown, can be planted at any time of year and can be collected from the nursery or sent out by courier throughout the year. Please see opening times below.

There is no online ordering of trees, given the range and quickly changing availability. Our trees are rare and living things, which cannot be ordered up out of a warehouse. Customers are welcome to advice at the nursery or on the telephone.