Kopanitsee settlements of the Myjava-White Carpathian Mts. are characterized by the occurrence of high-trunked fruit orchards. It is a set of small-scale orchards, which were in many cases established in close proximity to human settlements. The diversity of orchard meadows, as well as the habitat, is subject to traditional forms of management used for decades. The forms, intensity and repeatability of management measures began to change due to social and property-user changes after the revolution of 1989. This paper reports findings on the original management of high-trunked fruit orchards of the Myjava Hills and adjacent parts of the White Carpathians Mts. and its current state.