Ickworth Vineyard : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Ickworth Vineyard / Dave Catchpole
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | A few hundred yards south west of Ickworth House, the 18th Century mansion formerly owned by the Marquises of Bristol, lies what was once the estate's walled kitchen garden. The five acre plot, which surrounds the 1st Earl of Bristol's summerhouse, built in 1703, once needed twenty six gardeners to tend its various crops. Table Grapes were grown here in Victorian times and dozens of grape storing bottles were kept on the shelves in the summerhouse. Filled with charcoal water, they would keep grapes fresh until January! Who needs supermarkets when you can go to the kitchen garden for your fresh produce; there had been three large greenhouses on the plot (long since gone) in which were grown exotic fruit such as melons and pineapples. The National Trust took over the house in 1956 but in 1995 - the Trust's centenary year - the walled garden returned to the cultivation of grapevines when Charles and Jillian Macready (along with family and friends) planted 2.5 acres of vines, this time with the emphasis on the production of fine English wine. The south facing slope of the walled garden provides a sheltered and idyllic setting for the only commercial vineyard on National Trust land.Before it’s gone forever.The National Trust plans to restore walled gardens all over the country including a major restoration of the Walled Garden at Ickworth to how it was in the early 20th Century. This means the vines at Ickworth Vineyard will need to be removed. This is admirable when returning a car park to fruit trees, vegetables and greenhouses but it isn’t good news for the vines. Apart from being unique - no other National Trust property has a vineyard, it has consistently produced award winning wines since the National Trust’s centenary year of 1995. The vines are 16 years old and at their peak of production but they all have to go by the end of February 2013. 25 of the vines have already been re-homed and now have a new lease of life in gardens and allotments in Suffolk and Hertfordshire. They have transplanted well and their new owners are pleased with their progress. Help us to find homes for the remaining Ickworth grapevines so they don’t end up on the great compost heap in the sky....Only £10 each vine (bare root).The time to dig them up is November, when they are going into dormancy and the sap is returning to the roots.Each vine comes with its own care instructions and ongoing advice about any aspect of growing vines. The National Trust is keen to give these vines a second chance in your garden, allotment or mini vineyard! |
| 撮影日 | 2012-10-07 14:51:59 |
| 撮影者 | Dave Catchpole |
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| 撮影地 | Ickworth House, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | Canon EOS 50D , Canon |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/400) |
| 開放F値 | f/11.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 32 mm |