This course is for those who are at the preliminary stage of planning or planting a new orchard. It is run in the spring so that you can order suitable trees and prepare for planting next winter. Theory is followed by a practical session.
£16 per person.
Event Date | 08-03-2025 10:30 am |
Event End Date | 08-03-2025 4:00 pm |
Cut Off Date | 01-03-2025 |
Individual Price | £16.00 |
Location | Near Chulmleigh |
Top working grafts new varieties onto an established tree to produce a multi-variety tree, or
change the variety if the host tree's apples are not wanted or liked. It can also rejuvenate an old tree. You will be shown grafts on trees at the site and practise on suitable branches. If you have saved scions (bud wood) in the fridge since February, they may be suitable to top work onto your
own tree.
£8 per person.
Event Date | 12-04-2025 10:30 am |
Event End Date | 12-04-2025 1:00 pm |
Cut Off Date | 05-04-2025 |
Individual Price | £8.00 |
Location | Near Chulmleigh |
A pleasant social event with an amazing array of donated tea and cakes. There will be a talk by Save Our Orchard Campaign founder member Michael Gee 'Mazzards; the revival of the curious North Devon cherry', some orchard literature on display and the cider and juice competition.
Members free. Small charge on door for guests. Email us to RSVP.
Event Date | 04-05-2025 3:00 pm |
Event End Date | 04-05-2025 5:00 pm |
Location | Witheridge Parish Hall |
Has anyone been on a restorative pruning course and is at a loss to know what to do with the
resulting new growth explosion called water shoots the following summer? This summer pruning aims to help sort out such vigour and bring the tree back into a better looking, safer shape.
£8 per person.
Event Date | 05-07-2025 10:30 am |
Event End Date | 05-07-2025 1:00 pm |
Cut Off Date | 27-06-2025 |
Individual Price | £8.00 |
Location | Near King's Nympton |
Learn how to create new trees by bud grafting onto rootstocks. Participants will learn the theory
and be able to practise on suitable material.
£8 per person.
Event Date | 20-07-2025 10:30 am |
Event End Date | 20-07-2025 1:00 pm |
Cut Off Date | 13-07-2025 |
Individual Price | £8.00 |
Location | Near Chulmleigh |