Latest Diary Entry
 | March 2025 Published on March 1, 2025. How does the Rivers Heritage Orchard produce the Autumn Fruit Harvest? |
Next Event
300 Year Celebration And Study Day
Saturday 26th April 2025 at 10:00
Free to attend, but limited spaces available. See the March diary entry for more details. Attendance is free, but limited spaces, booking is open on Eventbrite.
Latest Article
 | Plums for Rivers 300th Anniversary: How to get cultivars from Rivers Nursery’s 19th century varieties into the 21st century Rivers Heritage Orchard? Written by Colin Gill. This month there are two articles, the first by Elizabeth Waugh and the second by Colin Gill. Elizabeth’s is about the history of the naming process, Colin’s describes how to get 19th century varieties into a 21st century orchard. |
General Information
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The Rivers Nursery was founded in 1725. Throughout 2025, we will host several events to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the historic site. Please use the links on the left to navigate the site, or see below for more information.
Each month, Elizabeth Waugh will produce a Diary of the events of the previous month and what to look forward to in the coming months. Please visit the diary page to keep updated on our activities.
A series of articles about the history of the Rivers Nursery and the activities of the Rivers Heritage Site and Orchard RHSO will be published.
Events will be hosted around the local area throughout the year to celebrate the anniversary. The list will be updated, so please check back frequently.
Pictures of our events throughout the year will be available in the gallery page.
The publicity leaflet for the 300 year celebrations is displayed below (click each page to view in new window), or click here to download the whole leaflet.
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For further information about our work, please e-mail the RHSO committee or visit the main RHSO site. Join the RHSO mailing list for e-mail updates.