Fruit Care and Pruning
Sat 12 Jul 2025 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Hawkwood Plant Nursery, E4 7UH
Description
Love your fruit! This one day course for beginners and more experienced gardeners covers the essentials of pruning and looking after fruit trees and bushes. It includes plenty of practical experience in summer pruning with techniques that can be applied in winter too.
The course will combine classroom-based learning with practical training, and will cover:
- appropriate tools for pruning and plant care.
- general pruning principles and practice – applicable to fruiting and flowering trees, bushes and shrubs:
- specific pruning and planting techniques, including a range of wall/fence training techniques;
- an overview of other fruit care and maintenance tasks.
The tutor is OrganicLea’s Fruit Grower Marlene Barrett, supported by our Fruit team.
Wear sturdy shoes, and bring all weather gear for outdoor practical sessions. Bring gardening gloves and secateurs for pruning practicals if you have them.
Please note there will be an hour for lunch, please bring your own lunch.
COURSE FEES
There is a standard fee for each of our courses.
To support our vision to inspire everyone to grow, and learn we have developed an easy way to be able to offer discounted spaces to those who need them. Please take time to read the guidelines and consider whether you can pay a solidarity rate (standard fee plus 50%).
You may also feel that once you have read these guidelines that you could be eligible to pay a discounted rate (standard fee minus 50%). Please note there are limited spaces available at this rate.
Below is a short list of guidelines to help you make this decision of how much you can afford to pay:
Consider paying the solidarity rate (+50%) if you can tick at least one or more of these boxes:
□ You own the home you live in
□ Have access to savings and/or inherited money
□ Working part-time/not working is a choice (for example, have negotiated reducing hours to take this course or taking time out to consider a career change)
□ Have a relatively high degree of earning power due to level of education i.e. educated to degree level
Solidarity rates will offer someone support to take a course they may not otherwise be able to pay for.
Consider choosing for a discounted rate (-50%) if you:
□ Support children or other dependents on one income
□ Work part time/are on low income i.e. working less than 16 hours a week
□ You do unpaid care work
□ You do not qualify for state funds solely due to your immigration status
Location
Hawkwood Plant Nursery, E4 7UH