SHORT WORKSHOPS
(small groups of 12 people max)
Pruning
Sunday 1 August 2021
Saturday 7 August 2021
All workshops come with detailed notes, and we stop for morning tea, which is provided
Propagation Workshop (Jun-July only)
Learn to propagate productive plants for your garden, and take them home – $50
Pruning workshop (Aug only)
Learn how to prune pipfruit, stonefruit, citrus and feijoas – $50
Propagation Workshop
Learn to propagate using a variety of methods:
- Hardwood cuttings
- Semi-hardwood cuttings
- Root cuttings
- Stolons
- Layering
- Seeds – scarification and stratification
A mix of theory and practical propagation where the workshop participants get their hands dirty and propagate a number of productive plants such as:
- Comfrey
- Rhubarb
- Fig
- Elderberry
- Chilean guava
- Mints/herbs
- Alpine strawberries
- Rosemary
- Lavender
- Lemon verbena
Participants will then be able to propagate their own material at home, as well as go home with 20+ propagated plants during the workshop
$50 cost including morning tea
Pruning Workshop
Learn to prune a variety of productive fruit trees:
- Apples
- Pears
- Plums
- Stonefruit
- Citrus
- Feijoas
Workshop participants will learn about:
- Equipment
- Techniques
- Apical dominance
- Shapes
- Timing of pruning
- What to prune
- Identifying fruiting buds
- Tying down
Workshop participants get hands on experience of making pruning cuts, deciding on tree shapes, pruning, and tying down.
$50 cost including morning tea