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830Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire0113 218 1010www.harewood.orgLS17 9LGOpen daily, 10am-6pm (until 4pm Nov-Mar). Adults £10, OAPs £9, children (4-16) £6. Single discount with card: 20%. Card valid 15 Apr-30 Sep, excluding bank hols. Not valid on event days - please phone or see w...

887The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, Bristol0117 331 4906www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-gardenBS9 1JGOpen all year, Mon-Fri, plus Sun Apr-Oct & Sat Jun-Sep, 10am-4.30pm. Adults/OAPs £3.50, under-16s free. Single discount with card: 10%. Card not valid on charity days – phone ...

, so a gorgeous-looking plant that also produces fruit scores double points. Prunus spinosa is commonly known as blackthorn, and produces wonderful sloe berries in autumn that I use to make my sloe gin. I've still got a little left, but have made a

Last year I had a great crop of chillies. I was so pleased with them that I couldn't bear to throw the plants on the compost heap when they'd finished fruiting. So I saved my favourite two to overwinter indoors as an experiment in chilli endurance

apples that we grow for fruit today come from grafted stock because apple trees grown from seeds will, almost always, taste sour enough to scour the enamel from your teeth. However, and this is the point, they will make darn good cider. Perfectly

spectacle of an ancient and gnarled tree, but of the chin dribbling-deliciousness of a ripe mulberry fruit. Those who have eaten mulberries will know exactly what I mean; those who have never tried them are really missing a trick. Mulberries are bigger

taste fruit - the elements that go to make up the experience, which got me thinking about taste buds.Does age affect taste? Do smokers taste more or less than non-smokers? It was a fascinating subject to research.One thing that scientists still can

After buying a plum tree for the allotment, I started to think about other fruit that I have a soft spot for. So I couldn't resist ordering a morello cherry tree.Sour cherries never seem to be available to buy, so I have to rely on the generosity

763East Bergholt Place, East Bergholt, Suffolk01206 299 224www.placeforplants.co.ukCO7 6UPOpen daily, 1 Mar-30 Sep, 10am-5pm, except Easter Sun. Adults/OAPs £6, children free. Card valid: Mon-Sat in 2013 only.parking,toilets,part-disabled,plants,refreshments,shop,public-transpor...

821Burton Agnes, Driffield, East Yorkshire01262 490 324www.burtonagnes.comYO25 4NBOpen 29 Mar-31 Oct & 14 Nov-23 Dec, daily, 11am-5pm; also in Feb (see website) for snowdrops, 11am-4pm. Adults £6, OAPs £5.50, children (5-16) £3.50. Card not valid on events days or on various othe...