Grafting Fruit Trees

Learn how to graft fruit trees with expert gardener Scott Hitchins from Werribee Park Heritage Orchard.

Topics covered:

• What is fruit tree grafting?

• Benefits of grafting fruit trees

• How to select compatible trees

• How to graft fruit trees (multiple techniques will be demonstrated through a live demonstration)

• How to graft more varieties onto your existing fruit
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Scott Hitchins has been working with sustainable, food-producing gardens for most of his life. With qualifications in Biological Science, Permaculture Design, Education, and a founding member of Werribee Park Heritage Orchard, he has been providing popular workshops and garden-design advice to Local Councils, Schools, and other community groups for many years: Presenting useful facts and skills in a fun and engaging manner. To quote Scott in a recent interview “Get me talking about Sustainable Gardening and you’ll never shut me up.”

This event is brought to you by the My Smart Garden program, which is a free educational gardening program that can help you to grow food, shelter your home from the sun and wind, create local habitats, reduce waste and use water wisely. Check out our website to access free events, articles, videos and a newsletter!

Please feel free to bring any surplus produce, seeds, cuttings, plants, gardening magazines etc. to swap and share!

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Please note that this is an event for Naarm/Melbourne gardeners only. If you live outside this area, please contact your council to find out what free sustainable gardening events are available locally. 

This venue is wheelchair accessible. If you have any access or support questions or requirements in order to participate fully (eg. interpreter), please let us know at least two weeks prior to the event and we will be pleased to assist you. 

This My Smart Garden event is proudly presented by Brimbank City Council on the land of Wurundjeri and Boon Wurung peoples of the Kulin nation. My Smart Garden pays our respect to Elders past and present and acknowledges that First Nations peoples have cared for Country sustainably for tens of thousands of years. 

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