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Brilley Court, Whitney-on-Wye

It seems ironic that Rosanna Bulmer and husband David, of the famous cider making family, were once told that land around their beautiful old farmhouse on the northern slopes of the Wye valley in Herefordshire was at too high an altitude for them to grow cider apple trees. Since moving to Brilley Court Farm in the late 1970s they have planted hundreds of other trees, though, including orchards of dessert apples, an avenue of sweet chestnuts, fields of oaks and many, many others, as well as making a delgihtful, ornamental garden that bursts into life in spring with hundreds of colourful tulips, narcissi, fritillaries and other delicate flowers.

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Tulipa 'Angelique'. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Tulip 'Shirley'. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Leucojum vernum, the spring snowflake. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Pheasant's eye narcissus, Narcissus poeticus. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Snakeshead fritillaries, Fritillaria meleagris. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Espaliered fruit tree against the wall of the kitchen garden. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Silvery new leaves of cardoons, Cynara cardunculus, with pink tulip 'Ballade' in the walled kitchen garden. Brilley Court Far...
Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Tulip 'Ballade'. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Rows of flowering plants in the cutting garden, incuding tulips, narcissi and peonies. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, He...
Rows of flowering plants in the cutting garden, incuding tulips, narcissi and peonies. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, He...
Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Honesty, Lunaria annua. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Tulip 'Fontainebleau'. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Terrace beside the house full of self seeded forget-me-nots, white tulips, herbs, clipped box and standard roses below a spre...
Terrace beside the house full of self seeded forget-me-nots, white tulips, herbs, clipped box and standard roses below a spre...
Gate into the cutting garden where a grass path leads beneath four trained whitebeams, Sorbus aria 'Lutescens', down towards ...
Cutting garden with rows of Narcissus poeticus, auriculas and tulips. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Brick paths in the walled kitchen garden pass beds edged with step-over apples and clipped box towards a gate leading into su...
Silvery new leaves of cardoons, Cynara cardunculus, with pink tulip 'Ballade' and clipped box in the walled kitchen garden. B...
Brick paths in the kitchen garden pass bed full of new silvery foliage of cardoons, self seeded forget-me-nots, clipped box a...
Hazel sweet pea supports catch early morning sun in the cutting garden at Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Hazel sweet pea supports catch early morning sun in the cutting garden at Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Cutting garden with purple honesty, tulips and Narcissus 'Geranium' surrounding hazel wigwams ready to support sweetpeas. Bri...
Cutting garden with purple honesty, tulips and Narcissus 'Geranium' surrounding hazel wigwams ready to support sweetpeas. Bri...
Wirework table and chairs on grass beside the terrace with cherry tree spreading overhead. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye...
Terrace beside the house full of self seeded forget-me-nots, white tulips, herbs and standard roses below a spreading cherry ...
At the centre of the kitchen garden is a mature apple tree surrounded by box edged beds, trained fruit and ornamental borders...
At the centre of the kitchen garden is a mature apple tree surrounded by box edged beds, trained fruit and ornamental borders...
Grass path runs through the cutting garden below trained whitebeams, Sorbus aria 'Lutescens', and past beds with border auric...
View from kitchen garden into the cutting garden past bed with mounds of silvery cardoon foliage, clipped box, self seeded fo...
View from kitchen garden into the cutting garden past bed with mounds of silvery cardoon foliage, clipped box, self seeded fo...
Cutting garden with purple honesty, tulips and Narcissus 'Geranium' surrounding hazel wigwams ready to support sweetpeas. Bri...
Grass path runs through the cutting garden below trained whitebeams, Sorbus aria 'Lutescens', and past beds with border auric...
Grass path runs through the cutting garden below trained whitebeams, Sorbus aria 'Lutescens', and past beds with border auric...
Grass path runs through the cutting garden below trained whitebeams, Sorbus aria 'Lutescens', and past beds with border auric...
Cutting garden with purple honesty, tulips and Narcissus 'Geranium' surrounding hazel wigwams ready to support sweetpeas. Bri...
Naturalized snakeshead fritillaries, Fritillaria meleagris, and pheasant's eye narcissi, Narcissus poeticus, in grass beside ...
Naturalized snakeshead fritillaries, Fritillaria meleagris, and pheasant's eye narcissi, Narcissus poeticus, in grass beside ...
Narcissus poeticus. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Cowslips and snakeshead fritillaries mingle in grass around the drive at Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Pond in the valley garden with rhododendron, gunnera and the new pink leaves of Acer pseudoplatanus 'Brilliantissimum'. Brill...
Path running through the valley garden surrounded by comfrey and narcissi. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Painted blue bridge crosses the stream that runs through the valley garden. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire...
Steps lead down to the bridge across a stream in the valley garden. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Steps lead down to the bridge across a stream in the valley garden. Brilley Court Farm, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK
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