Firstly, use the @ sigil for arrays. Secondly, string concatenation is not appropriate for arrays, use push instead. Here is a simplified solution.

johngg@shiraz:~/perl/Monks > perl -MData::Dumper -Mstrict -Mwarnings -
+E '
my @AoH1 = (
   { fruit => q{apple}, veg => q{pumpkin} },
   { fruit => q{pear}, veg => q{swede} },
   { fruit => q{cherry}, veg => q{pea} }
   );
my @AoH2 = (
   { fruit => q{mango}, veg => q{cabbage} },
   { fruit => q{plum}, veg => q{leek} },
   );
my @megaAoH = ();
push @megaAoH, @AoH1 if 1;
push @megaAoH, @AoH2 if 1;
print Data::Dumper->Dumpxs( [ \ @megaAoH ], [ qw{ *megaAoH } ] );'
@megaAoH = (
             {
               'fruit' => 'apple',
               'veg' => 'pumpkin'
             },
             {
               'veg' => 'swede',
               'fruit' => 'pear'
             },
             {
               'fruit' => 'cherry',
               'veg' => 'pea'
             },
             {
               'veg' => 'cabbage',
               'fruit' => 'mango'
             },
             {
               'fruit' => 'plum',
               'veg' => 'leek'
             }
           );
johngg@shiraz:~/perl/Monks >
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I hope this is helpful.

Update: If you are actually using array references rather than arrays then square brackets should be used instead of parentheses and de-reference them for the push operation.

johngg@shiraz:~/perl/Monks > perl -MData::Dumper -Mstrict -Mwarnings -
+E '
my $refToAoH1 = [
   { fruit => q{apple}, veg => q{pumpkin} },
   { fruit => q{pear}, veg => q{swede} },
   { fruit => q{cherry}, veg => q{pea} }
   ];
my $refToAoH2 = [
   { fruit => q{mango}, veg => q{cabbage} },
   { fruit => q{plum}, veg => q{leek} },
   ];
my $refTomegaAoH = [];
push @{ $refTomegaAoH }, @{ $refToAoH1 } if 1;
push @{ $refTomegaAoH }, @{ $refToAoH2 } if 1;
print Data::Dumper->Dumpxs( [ $refTomegaAoH ], [ qw{ refTomegaAoH } ] 
+);'
$refTomegaAoH = [
                  {
                    'fruit' => 'apple',
                    'veg' => 'pumpkin'
                  },
                  {
                    'fruit' => 'pear',
                    'veg' => 'swede'
                  },
                  {
                    'fruit' => 'cherry',
                    'veg' => 'pea'
                  },
                  {
                    'fruit' => 'mango',
                    'veg' => 'cabbage'
                  },
                  {
                    'veg' => 'leek',
                    'fruit' => 'plum'
                  }
                ];
johngg@shiraz:~/perl/Monks >
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