I have over 500 varieties Pears in Switzerland. (St.Gallen)
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Show youre variety list?
Hi all. I live in southwest England on the southern coast. My hobby is growing unusual/rare fruit plants, focusing on small shrubs and self-fertile varieties due to limited space. Despite my garden staying the same size, my list of plants always seems to grow, lol.
I have been considering creating a separate UK thread on this site. Post-Brexit, the UK has severe challenges in plant exchange with mainland Europe due to new phytosanitary requirements and regulations. This has hugely limited access to plants from EU nurseries for us UK enthusiasts, and vice versa! 
I think that could warrant a specific section for UK growers.
However, Iām aware that this board is primarily American, with few European and seemingly even fewer British users. Iām concerned a UK-specific thread might be too niche? Alternatively, I could simply post in the European thread and elsewhere.
What are your thoughts on creating a UK-specific thread versus continuing to post in existing ones? Cheers all. 
Hello, I am an American living in France. We had a number of British posters at one time, but they are becoming scarce. Iām not sure a new group is warranted. That said, I am so sorry you are having problems with the EU shipping to you, as they have for many, many years without a problem. Brexit tainted a few things. Just get the necessary paperwork and continue buying from our fabulous nurseries. Good luck!
hello everyone
from Vizcaya, northern Spain. Iāve been with this hobby for 4 years and I have a little bit of everything. I have little space left but Iām happy to exchange with everyone.
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Hello Mrs. Gibson! France is such a beautiful country, I have many fond memories staying in the south of France as a young child.
Yes I reckon youāre right. Not sure where all the Brits are hiding. Mainly on reddit and gardening Facebook groups I suspect.
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Hi greetings from the Netherlands, nice to find this tread, maybe also for exchanging some scions this winter!
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Hi everyone!
Iām from Madrid, but I have some plants there, but others in my farm in CĆ”diz, southern mainland Spain.
I like to see the European corner growing (and growing fruit hehe).
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I live in the north of Spain. I am also an enthusiast of fruit trees, although lately I am more focused on fig trees, due to their easy cultivation and the few diseases that affect them. The most important thing I have learned with this hobby is the generosity of my teammates and the meaning of the word āpatienceā
Best regards.
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Hi all, Iāve been lurking for a few years but was prompted to finally join by @Tomasso above. Iām also based in the South West of the UK, but in Bristol. My interest is mostly in growing apples, though I am also growing some soft fruit. I planted the first trees here about five years ago, and grafted lots more varieties about three years ago, so Iāve not had much fruit to report on yet. In the meantime Iām enjoying reading about everyone elseās experiences in all sorts of other places.
Tom
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Hi Tom, glad to hear youāve decided to join! I was actually up in Bristol to visit family just a couple months ago.
I read your bio and Iām very jealous of your apple varieties. I really wish I had the space for a couple of full-sized trees. Iāve been toying with the idea of getting an apple, but it would have to be kept small.
Have you had a chance to make some cider with your cider apples then? If so, Iād love to hear how it turned out. We have a prolific grape vine here and usually make juice, but I may have a go at making some wine this year. I tried it a few years ago (and some wild blackberry wine), and whilst I thought it was palatable, my family certainly did not! 
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Hi Tomasso, you definitely seem to be making the most of your garden and mild climate - Iād never heard of a Tasmanian apple before, and it does look a strange thing.
Iād really recommend an espalier/cordon arrangement for apples. They take up hardly any space and Iāve squeezed them around most of the south and west facing sides of my garden.
No cider yet, though thatās definitely the plan for most of the apples on the farm. Iām not going to have time to look after the trees to the standard needed for dessert fruit, and I donāt have the storage for a few full size treesā worth of apples. Iāve also heard that dry poor soils make for better cider, so perhaps I can make a virtue of the ground the trees are growing in. I grafted most of the trees onto M25 rootstocks in 2023, and grew them on in my garden for that year before planting them out last winter. Some are poking out of the top of the tree tubes already, but it will be a while before I get any fruit. Fingers crossed I can keep the cows, deer, rabbits, voles and farmersā tractors away from them long enoughā¦
If you make some wine, let me know how it turns out - and if your family have developed a taste for it!
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Hi everyone from Portugal 
I am have a small fruit collection that keeps growing every year.
Itās really nice have the European corner growing
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Unfortunately Brexit cut out the access to all those great British seed houses!
I used to order a lot of seeds from England!
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Hi!
Iām Guillem, from Catalonia (Spain), zone 8B. Iām grafting a lot of different fruit species, but Iāve started to design my own orchard since last winter.
Iām very interested in conserving some traditional varieties, but also tasting new creations and unique and original varieties
Prepared to exchange scions or cuttings from a lot of fruit trees.
Best!
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