This full day hands-on/demonstration provides progressive orchard strategies & techniques for creating & maintaining espaliered systems + much more!
This workshop is open to all levels of orchard experience & scale!
You will be nourished by ‘Simply Homesteading’ with a ‘Garden Inspired’ morning tea & lunch
Topics (Hands On & Demonstration)
- Various Espalier Design & Construction including retrofitting existing fences, gateways, arches etc
- Typical orchard mistakes and how they can be rectified.
- Evaluating & converting old free-range apple, pear & stone fruit trees into new Espalier Systems
- Winter Espaliered Pruning techniques for apples, pears & stone fruit
- New planting or relocating trees (bare-root or potted) onto an espalier system
- Resourcing orchard materials & equipment
Workshop Take-Aways
- Workshop Support Information (via G-Drive Download)
- Cuttings when seasonally available
Course Cost: $250.00 per person
Catering: Farm fresh, seasonally inspired wholefood morning tea & lunch set amongst a country backdrop with organic tea's, coffee and healthy pro-biotic punch throughout the day.
What to Bring: Full covered shoes (gumboots if wet)/Gardening Wear/Gloves & Secateurs/Note book