Cardiff Council have granted permission for a new community orchard planting in Bute Park. The project is being developed and led by a community group with support from the Friends of Bute Park.
There are two orchard locations: a main one to the north of Blackweir playing fields, and a smaller one adjacent to the historic ‘Orchard Lawn.’
The smaller site is an opportunity to introduce park visitors to the benefits of orchards and signpost them to the larger site. Trees here were planted on 30th November 2022.
The various trees selected include:
- Apple Malus domestica ‘Ribston Pippin’
- Pear ‘Pitmaston Duchess’
- Green Gage ‘Old Green Gage’
- Apple ‘Beauty of Boskoop’
- Cherry ‘Morello’
- Plum Victoria
- Pear Beurre Hardy
- Cherry Rivers Early
Trees at the main orchard site were planted on 26th February 2024 and 1st March 2025.
The first trees planted included:
- Gower Crabapple + Mistletoe Malus sylvestris + Viscum album
- Apple Malus domestica var. Egremont Russet
- Apple Malus domestica var. Peasgud Nonsuch
- Apple Malus domestica var. Golden Spire
- Apple Malus domestica var. Bramley Seedling Original
- Pear Pyrus communis var. Williams Bon Chretien
- Pear Pyrus communis var. Doyenne Du Commice
- Pear Pyrus communis var. Pitmaston Duchess
- Cherry Prunus avium var. Bottler
- Cherry Prunus cerasus var. Morello
- Cherry Prunus avium var. Large Black
- Plum Prunus domestica var. Pershore Yellow Egg
- Greengage Prunus domestica ssp. italica var. Old Green Gage
- Damson Prunus domestica ssp. insititia var. Shropshire Prune
- Greengage Prunus domestica ssp. italica var. Count Althans
- Plum Prunus domestica var. Victoria
