Winter Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

Winter pruning of fruit trees is vital for setting structure in young trees and promoting fruiting wood in mature trees.

Join expert horticulturalist Justin Calverley for our winter fruit tree pruning workshop and learn how to best care for your fruit trees for health and to maximise your yield for next season. This workshop will give you the skills to prune with the confidence to achieve the tree you wished for. The workshop will combine both the theory of why and what we prune in winter with demonstrations in the orchard.

You will learn

• How to shape and improve fruiting with winter pruning

You will get

• Handout notes and the capacity to ask and learn from questions and interaction

Appropriate for

• Beginner home gardeners and urban farmers, permaculture enthusiasts

What to bring

• Please bring your gardening gloves and a pair of sharp clean secateurs

Justin Calverley

Justin Calverley is horticultural expert with more than 30 years' experience and author of the book, The Urban Farmer. He is a go-to expert for the media and in high demand on the presentation and public speaking circuit. Ten years of Justin's popular 3RRR radio show 'Dirty Deeds' is available as a podcast or you can still hear him on 3RRR Breakfasters and ABC Evenings with David Astle.