Gardening: pruning & orchard management courses

Find pruning and orchard management courses across the UK. Learn how to create and maintain fruit orchards; when to plant, prune and how to take care of your trees and plants to get maximum yield or crop.

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Silver AWARD

Grow your own one hour live sessions with Kim Stoddart

Live online tuition

£15

Savvy organic fruit and veg growing for person, plate and planet! Drop in hour long live sessions on Tuesdays 12-1 and Thursdays 5-6 pm. Please just give me 3 days noticed as i like to keep the groups small. I will make the whole process of growing your own food easy and productive in these weekly, one hour live online coaching sessions. Growing some of your own produce is one of the most empowering experiences going, especially now as lockdown restricts us and food security concerns abound. These sessions are...

Gold AWARD

Living Willow Harlequin trees

In-person course

Surrey

£37

This course runs in February and March and will next be available in 2021. On arrival you will be greeted with a welcoming drink and homemade cakes. Gluten and dairy free available. Once settled in and the journey to get here forgotten, we begin the day learning about willow; how it is grown and prepared for living willow projects. You are supplied with a pot and compost and the making starts with techniques to create your own living willow harlequin tree.

Silver AWARD

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Apple Tree Pruning - Summer

In-person course

Kent

£55

Summer pruning encourages flowers to set and increases fruit yield. Instruction also applies to pear trees. The course will start at Bore Place, looking at the apple trees that were pruned during the January pruning course to see how well they have responded, as well as trees that remain overgrown. The course will then move to Mike’s garden where you will see well established apple trees that have been maintained over a number of years, and learn how to summer-prune them to encourage flower set, fruiting yield, restrict growth and...

Platinum AWARD

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Fruit tree grafting - one day course

In-person course

Shropshire - Next course on 1st August 2020

£65

Fruit Tree Grafting Learn the ancient skill of fruit tree grafting and propagating. You will go home with a new skill and the confidence to start grafting your own trees. You will also leave with 3 trees that you have grafted to plant in your own garden. If you have a favourite tree you want to propagate then feel free to bring your own cuttings. You will need to bring: secateurs. Tutor: Tom Adams Accessibility Acton Scott Historic Working Farm is an outdoor site. Most areas are wheelchair accessible, but...

Orchard pruning & maintenance

In-person course

Wiltshire

£45

Spend the day in our orchard and woodland, learning to identify and maintain fruit trees for optimum production Join Richard Cripps for a presentation which will cover fruit tree identification, tool selection, visual health checks, feeding fruit trees, mowing regimes and recognising problems. Followed by a practical session in the orchard. This reserve can be hard to find, please visit out website for more information on directions and leave with plenty of time.

Platinum AWARD

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Orchard Restoration - day course

In-person course

Shropshire

£70

Orchard Restoration at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm. The course is aimed at gardeners and smallholders, and will cover siting an orchard, choosing suitable species and varieties to plant, and how to look after them. You will be shown how to plant a tree and protect it from animals and strimmers, and learn how to prune your tree to make it a pleasant shape and fruitful. You will find out about the pests and diseases that could affect your trees, and learn how to prevent or treat them. And finally...

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