The Orchard Project
What is The Orchard Project? It is a key element in our mission to use the finest ingredients possible for our handmade ice cream and sorbets. We have helped to restore a walled garden and orchard where we grow ingredients for our ice creams and sorbets.
In the summer of 2021, a friend showed us a beautiful but overgrown walled garden outside Deal. Now - after months of back-breaking work - we have helped to restore the garden and planted it up with fruit to use in our creations. We follow organic principles and have planted the garden with ingredients such as Japanese wineberries, purple gooseberries, whitecurrants, figs, mulberries and more to use in our creations.
Updates from the orchard ...
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Seed Sowing
Lots of seeds germinating in the greenhouse. Ever tried basil ice cream? Coming later this summer. It's still a fight dealing with the perennial weeds in the walled garden but...
Seed Sowing
Lots of seeds germinating in the greenhouse. Ever tried basil ice cream? Coming later this summer. It's still a fight dealing with the perennial weeds in the walled garden but...
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Lemon Verbena Harvest
This huge Lemon Verbena plant needs a trim before winter sets in. This is such a fantastic herb - incredibly fragrant and ideal for infusing into ice cream. The plant...
Lemon Verbena Harvest
This huge Lemon Verbena plant needs a trim before winter sets in. This is such a fantastic herb - incredibly fragrant and ideal for infusing into ice cream. The plant...
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Pruning The Apples and Pears
The sixty apple and pear trees pruned in time for spring. It’s hard work dealing through this volume of trees - hauling off branches and cutting through some of the...
Pruning The Apples and Pears
The sixty apple and pear trees pruned in time for spring. It’s hard work dealing through this volume of trees - hauling off branches and cutting through some of the...
