There's so much more to harvesting than just removing fruit from a tree! Learn how to care for the fruit, the trees and become an excellent fruit picker!

Join us for a hands-on workshop with Katie and Hugh Finlay from Grow Great Fruit and The Orchard Keepers, where you’ll learn essential skills for harvesting fruit. This session will include both theory and hands-on practice, with some real picking opportunities.

The workshop will cover:

How to know when fruit is ripe
Choosing the right time to pick
Picking protocols
Best-practise picking techniques
Practical, supervised harvesting practice

Should I come along?

Yes! This workshop is for you if you:

Are a Fruit Crew participant or Growing Abundance volunteer or...
Currently work or volunteer, or plan to, with harvesting fruit or...
Want to build confidence with harvesting fruit.

This is an outdoor workshop, so wear appropriate protective clothing, including closed shoes, a hat, and gardening gloves.

Facilitator: Katie Finlay
Date: Thursday 12th March
Time: 2-5pm
Location: TBC - in Mount Alexander Shire

Fees: $30 per person. (***Free for all Fruit Crew (registered with The Orchard Keepers) and GA Harvest volunteers (registered with Growing Abundance Project).)

Bring: Please bring your lunch, water bottle, sun hat and wear closed toe shoes.

All training is delivered in a supportive, inclusive setting with a strong focus on safety and confidence-building.

Harvest Ready Program is made possible by ANCHA providing the Stronger & Resilient Communities Grant, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.

Contact the host of Harvest Ready - Harvest Skills