London Mulberries

A single layering tree with three “new” crowns since it keeled over years ago.

Hidden black mulberry over 200 years old on Isle of Wight. Uncovered thanks to Chris Kidd curator Ventnor Botanic Garden

White mulberry in Spa Fields park on Corporation Row (Clerkenwell). Near site of an 18th c Mulberry garden (bowling etc ) where a former school stands. See Morus Londinium map for more info.

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Morus Londinium goes on the hunt of mulberries at Lullingstone Castle - former site of the famous Silk Farm - and finds an unusual Osigian mulberry cultivar - and Tom Hart Dyke’s amazing World Garden. moruslondinium.org/research/lulli…

Tom’s famous World Garden should be on everyone’s list of extraordinary places to visit . lullingstonecastle.co.uk

Claire Weiss Susan Whitfield and I spent a wonderful day with Tom Hart Dyke at Lullingstone Castle not only seeing the Osigian mulberry cultivar grandmother Zoe used to feed to her silkworms but also the private archive from Silk Farm days thanks to Sarah Hart Dyke. 🙏

Read about Sudbury, silk and mulberries in Morus Londinium’s interview with John Sayers, former director of Gainsborough silk weaving. moruslondinium.org/research/sudbu…

@mudlarklives @CharltonHouseGW But please don’t hurt the tree. 😊🙏

@FruitWorksCoop @lilacleeds Nice! To wipe off the red stain you can crush an unripe (green or white) berry and use the juice. 😊

It's peak mulberry season. This beauty was planted 10 years ago at @lilacleeds. They are really juicy and bleed all over the hands.

@BristolTreeFora @OrchardNotes @hatfieldhouse Yes I know that survey. Brilliant work.

@LMulberries @OrchardNotes @hatfieldhouse Here are some of Bristol's mulberries bristoltrees.space/Tree/collectio…

400 year-old Black mulberry dripping with ripe fruit in Hatfield House West Garden. Probably planted by John Tradescant around 1611. @hatfieldhouse

This was one of four planted at each corner of the square West garden. The other three were removed - not sure why / when and have been replaced - in past 20 years ? These new trees are now fruiting well too. There are others of similar age in the adjacent orchard.

Thanks to Christ’s staff and filmmaker Tony Eva for the opportunity.

Spent a day revisiting the archives of Christ’s College Cambridge exploring the history of extraordinary 17th century “Milton’s Mulberry” (not planted by the poet). The mound was added around 1850 to support a once single -stemmed tree damaged by a hurricane in 1795.

Fuller story after my 2018 visit moruslondinium.org/research/cambr…