Pruning Basics with Massachusetts Master Gardeners

Join the REC at the Bioshetler Community Garden for a presentation and demonstration about pruning woody plants and fruit trees:

Learn about the science behind when, how, and why to prune your woody plants (with an emphasis on trees). Learn how to make the best use of your money by making good choices when determining which plants can be pruned by a home gardener, and which require the services of a professional.

Gretel Anspach is a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, and a recently-retired systems engineer. She won the MMGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. Gretel established and maintains a 20,000 square foot food production garden that has provided fresh produce to the Marlboro and Maynard Food Pantries for the last ten years. Her primary interest and focus is always in the science behind horticulture.