Gardeners are invited to enhance their skills at an apple grafting weekend on February 16 and 17 on the Cotehele estate near Saltash.

The National Trust estate’s gardeners will be demonstrating how to graft trees of varieties specific to the Tamar Valley that aren’t widely available.Visitors can take their graft away to plant in their own garden.

There will be 30 varieties to choose from ranging from cooking and cider-making apples, to eating apples delicious straight from the tree.  

The apple tree grafting workshops will run from 11am to 4pm each day. There is a limit of two trees per workshop - normal admission charges apply plus grafting materials of up to £5 per tree. There is no need to book.

The shop, Cotehele Gallery, Barn Restaurant and Edgcumbe tea-room on Cotehele Quay will be open. The house and mill will re-open for the season on March 9 for the Daffodil Festival.