Leftover apples turned into a massive apple mosaic

A National Trust house has turned leftover apples from its orchards into a giant mosaic .

Gardeners at the Cotehele in Cornwall completed the stunning piece in time for its annual apple festival this weekend.

Staff used 'windfall' apples to create a perfect outline of a giant fruit on a patch of grass.

The leftover apples were picked from the Mother Orchard which has over 300 trees and 125 heritage varieties.

Gardener Hannah Milburn said: "We started doing the outline first and then began filling it in.

''We do it by shaded color, so it’s very precise and takes quite a lot of time.''

Head gardener, Dave Bouch told ITV Westcountry: "We've got three areas in the orchard - eating apples, cooking apples and cider apples.

"We've been working on it for about 20 years, building a collection of West Country and Cornish apples.

"Perhaps when people think about apples, a Granny Smith or Pink Lady comes to mind.

''But there is an opportunity here to learn about the huge variety of apples out there."

Visitors can pick their own apples until Sunday 22 September.