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) […]
Author Archives: Regina Donald
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 […]
March Grafting Demonstrations
Three March fruit tree grafting demonstration were held at the Wilbourn House Orchard in Brownsburg, VA on March 16, March 23, and March 30 10am – 1 pm. Each participant selected their own rootstock and apple variety from those available. No experience was necessary. Pre-registration was required, and the cost of all supplies, materials, and […]
The Fine (and sometimes scary) Art of Living
Life has been a little scary lately… I have been in the process of rezoning my land to agricultural from residential since around September. Rezoning is not a feat for the faint of heart. Passions run high whenever one person wants to change the status quo. If you know me, you know I like to […]
