An Olive Picking Holiday

Yes it's NOW the ideal time to start planning your olive picking holiday in order to get the exactly what you want and also to take advantage of good prices for flights and car hire.  Olive picking is the perfect break to combine with a city stop too, and now you can book all your travel needs via our site to make it even easier!  If you need further help or advice just email us. Now it's up to you to start browsing and planning ...

A Miserable Spring



our hand-picked-home-bottled-extra-virgin-olive-oil


You know you are having a cold spring when you go to get a bottle of olive oil out of your cupboard and find it has solidified!!  Roll on summer and hot days ahead, but at the moment I'd be happy to settle for just a little more warmth. If you live in a land where your oil is always liquid I envy you!

Why Not Buy Your Own Olive Tree?

Mature Olive Trees Available from Villaggio Verde

www.villaggioverde.co.uk

If you are reading this, the chances are that you love olive trees and the feeling of security and well being that they evoke.  But did you know that olives grow well in countries like England with cold winters (surprisingly an older tree can cope when temperatures go down as low as -12°C). Why not buy a fabulous hundred year old olive tree with its knarled and twisted trunk and underplant with lavender or rosemary to create your own very special place to sit out and dream this summer.

Now the Swallows Can Fly Through!



There is a  traditional saying that I love which says you should prune your olive trees so that 'the swallows can fly through', meaning that the ideal tree shape is one with an open centre allowing air and sunshine to penetrate right into the heart of the tree. This promotes vigour and prevents disease. Olive pruning normally takes place at the end of the harvest and the cut wood makes an excellent contribution to the log store!