Get ready for grafting in 2025! The Wilbourn House Orchard is preparing for our 2025 Grafting events in March and April. I will start sending out notifications in February, including available rootstocks, scion variety selections, and a registration form. You will be able to pay via PayPal, check, cash, or charge. A participant […]
Author Archives: Regina Donald
North Rockbridge Trail event this Saturday
North Rockbridge trail event at the orchard this Saturday. Hope to see you there!
May 4th open house at the orchard
We are excited to invite you to an open house at the Wilbourn House Orchard on Saturday May 4th from 10-4. Enjoy tours of the orchard, grafting demonstrations, and recently grafted fruit trees of hard to find old southern varieties. Free small starts of willow trees to the first ten individual groups (one per group) […]
Another Great Day of Grafting
We just completed another great grafting class with an enthusiastic group. The weather cooperated and we were able to set up outside. After the class was complete and new trees were safely stowed away, several stayed to walk the orchard. There were lots of great questions and sharing of information. Grafting days are over for […]
Greenhouse grafting event is a success
Tight quarters but a great grafting event! Our first event was a walkthrough of the orchard and demonstration of a graft on an existing tree. A small group but great discussion. The second event put ten of us in my new little greenhouse. 16 trees were grafted onto various rootstock! Tight quarters but […]
