Devon Cuttings
GARDENERS CUTTINGS
a look at news, events and happenings in Devon
Plant a vine in Devon
All the wines sold at Eastcott Vineyard, located at Lower Eastcott, Northlew, are made in their own winery
If you’ve ever wanted to grow your own vine and make your own wine, then Eastcott Vineyard near Okehampton, is the place to find out more. Hilary and Richard Waller offer tours of their vineyard throughout the year and have just launched a scheme offering a chance to plant a vine for them. All the wines sold at Eastcott Vineyard, located at Lower Eastcott, Northlew, are made in their
own winery. The grapes are closely monitored as they ripen and are hand picked, then immediately transported to the winery for processing to ensure that all the freshness and fruity aromas are kept intact.
A sparkling Brut is the latest addition to the Eascott range of white and rosé wines. Sparkling wines are made using the traditional method which requires two fermentations, the second in the bottle, and a long maturation period to allow the characteristic flavours to develop. Planting vines is best done around the end of April. Bare root vines from a specialist supplier are good value and should be planted just as the ground warms up. They will then use the reserves in their stems to begin leaf shoot almost immediately. The alternative is a potted vine, but it may be harder to find the best wine making varieties. To find out more about the Eastcott Vineyard tours call Hilary on 01837 811012 or go to
www.eastcottvineyard.co.uk
Pippa Greenwood at Edible Garden Show
Always dreamed of growing your own fruit and vegetables? Or just want to get better at it? A new event – The Edible Garden Show – will be staged at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from 18th-20th March, and promises to be a show which meets the demand for home-grown produce and healthy eating.
Celebrity gardener and best-selling author Pippa Greenwood, renowned for her infectious passion for plants and home-grown produce, will give daily talks in the show hall.
Pippa Greenwood at the Edible Garden Show
Tickets for the event are £11 with concessions for children, students and elderly visitors. For full details visit
www.theediblegardenshow.co.uk or call 0844 338 8001.
Devon’s Carol Klein wows viewers
Carol brings the buzz back to gardening on television
Devon gardener Carol Klein, television presenter, writer and nursery owner, has brought the buzz back into BBC’s gardening programmes -and won admiration throughout the county.
She’s returned after the lows of 2008 when the job of lead presenter on BBC Two’s Gardeners’ World went to the relatively unknown Toby Buckland, a move which sorely
disappointed Klein and her fans. Carol’s BBC Two gardening series ‘Life in a Cottage Garden’, a monthly diary of gardening in her one-acre plot, Glebe Cottage in north Devon, has been a huge success with viewers.
“This is the programme I’ve always wanted to make: it’s shot in real time, in a real garden, in the mud and the rain and the sunshine, and it’s beautifully made.” Filmed early in the morning, in broad daylight and as darkness falls, the series captured the seasonal rhythms of the plant filled garden she has been making for the past 32 years, supported by her husband Neil.
She would like to see more people growing their own plants, not just for ecological reasons but also because, she says: “When you grow a plant from seed or cutting you get to know it intimately and it brings you closer to nature, to something real.”
NEXT ISSUE: Look out for the April issue of Country Gardener, available from late March Country Gardener
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