An old orchard with twenty or so trees was complemented by a new orchard planted in the late 1960s. A wide variety of cooking and eating apples were joined by pear tree varieties, cherries and plums. The flora of the old orchard sward was dominated by primroses and violets. Detailed plans of these primroses were plotted yearly in the 1970s to show the change in distribution. In addition to the wild type, white, red, pink and multi-headed varieties grew here. Green alkanet ("Pentaglottis sempervirens") grew here, together with black bryony, flowering currant, horseradish, butcher's broom ("Ruscus aculeatus"), bluebells (blue, pink and white), "Aquilegia" and other several other species.