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Wimpole Gardens
National Walnut Collection
Walnuts were historically planted at Wimpole both in the park
and the garden, which included a Walnut avenue to the East of the Hall on the
same site as the avenue shown on the Kip engraving of 1707. The main
species occurring in the park were the more common regia, nigra and cinerea.
When a plan for the garden was discussed early in the Trust's ownership it was
suggested that a collection of walnuts would be entirely appropriate, but this
did not start to become reality until 1987 when Philip Whaites, took over as
Head Gardener.
Young trees, which were collected from around the world and came via the
National Trust Nursery at Knightshayes in Devon, were grown on in nursery beds
in the Walled Garden where they were well sheltered from the elements.
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