Pruning For Production

Pruning For Production with Olivier Sofo

Join us for a workshop in Boorowa on Thursday 2nd July lead by industry expert Olivier Sofo about the pruning and care of your fruit trees.

We will be covering:

• Tree, Branches and Buds

• Tools

• Pruning goals & Growth Influences

• Main Pruning Cuts

• Main Tree fruit crops and their habits

• Summer Vs Winter pruning

• Training young trees

• Steps to approaching a tree

• Practical pruning demonstration

• Students pruning practicum

Event Details

Date: Thursday 2nd July 2026

Start Time: 9am for 9.30am Start

Location: Boorowa Ex Services Club

Morning Tea and Lunch Provided

After lunch we will be moving outdoors for a practical pruning session. Location to be provided during the morning session.

Conclusion: 2.30pm

Cost: $20

Booking Essential

About Olivier

Olivier spent 15 years working in restaurants as a chef, including 5 years in France, Italy and the UK. After meeting with biological vignerons in Italy, Olivier’s passion for farming lead him out of the kitchen and into the field. His first pruning job was at Cascina Degli Ulivi, in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the wine zone of Gavi.

Over the last 15 years, Olivier has worked extensively in organic and biodynamic agriculture in Canada, Australia and Italy and has managed numerous commercial organic vegetable farms and fruit tree nurseries including Similkameen Nurseries in British Columbia, Canada. The largest Certified Organic fruit tree Nursery in Western Canada.

Olivier has been involved in fruit orchard and olive grove design and set up, as well as a generous amount of tree work from commercial orchard pruning to contract grafting.

Olivier is very passionate about trees; pruning is his favourite winter activity! He is also passionate about teaching and learning and has taught numerous educational courses focused on organic market farming and fruit tree pruning and care.

Olivier currently runs an award winning Certified Organic Market Farm, Living Earth Farm, with his fantastically talented wife, Falani, in Young, NSW