Head gardener Chris Troy leads a workshop on pruning apple trees to best prepare them for the year ahead. All levels of expertise welcome!
Enjoy learning the key skills of apple tree pruning in an informal and welcoming setting. Future Orchard Cork's Head Gardener, Chris Troy, will teach the basics of winter pruning of apple trees.
In the workshop you will learn how to:
Shape your trees to maximise yield and avoid disease
Indentify and remove problem wood
Take home a bottle of our Apple Juice!
Each participant will receive a bottle of Future Orchard Apple Juice from our recent harvest.
Fruit tree and fruit bush bundles available to purchase on the day
Option 1- Starter Orchard Bundle
For €50.00
1 dessert Apple tree 2yr old
1 Hazel nut
2 blackcurrant bushes.
Option 2 - Growing Orchard Bundle
For €100.00
3 Apple trees: 2 dessert and 1 cooker.
2 Hazel nuts
1 blackcurrant bush.
Option 3 - Harvest Orchard Bundle
For €150.00
4 Apple trees: 3 dessert and 1 cooker
3 x Hazelnut nuts
3 blackcurrant bushes
Option 4 - Legacy Orchard Bundle
For €200.00
5 Apple trees: 3 dessert and 1 cooker
4 Hazelnut nuts
4 blackcurrant bushes
Things to consider:
The workshop is conducted outdoors, so please dress appropriately
A limited supply of gardening gloves and secaturs will be available, but please bring your own gloves if possible.
There is limited parking on site, hence spaces on this workshop are limited
For more information about Future Orchard Cork visit:
http://futureorchardcork.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Future-Orchard-Cork-125893187433441/
Also check out other Workshops in Cork.
