Bring, swap and buy scions for common, uncommon and vanishingly rare fruit tree varieties. Mid-Shires Orchard Group will be on hand providing a grafting service. PTES will be present to offer orchard advice and information about the work we're doing in traditional orchards. We'll also have a lot of varieties to sell or swap. Date: […]
Weds 13th-Feb-18 from 10.30 to 4.00pm Join experienced fruit tree and orchard pruner and the owner of the Heritage Fruit Tree Company - Andy Howard (P.G. Cert Ed) for a day’s training to learn the theory and practice of winter pruning. Learn the theory, skills and practice of winter pruning for fruit trees such as apple […]
Saturday 11-Jan-20, from 10.30am to 4.00pm (including lunchtime) Join MSOG’s Andy Howard for a day’s training course, to learn the theory, skills and practice of Winter Pruning for fruit trees such as apple and pear. Discover the different methods and techniques used to shape fruit trees, control their size and influence their productivity. Find […]
Saturday 11-Jan-20, from 2.00PM to 4.00pm (2 hours) Donkey Lane Community Orchard, off Keens Lane, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4PF Bring the family and join Greening Chinnor for their first Wassail at the historic Donkey Lane Community Orchard. This delightful 19th century orchard is being restored for community use, education and enjoyment. Help wish good health […]
Activities: Join MSOG’s Andy Howard for a hands-on training course to learn the theory, skills and practice of creating new fruit trees via grafting. Find out about the different methods and techniques. Practice these to create two new fruit trees to take home, using your choice of rootstocks and scionwood from Andy’s extensive collection of […]
Activities: Bring the family and join us for our traditional New Year celebration, to wish good health for the orchards, wealth for the local community and a bountiful fruit harvest for 2020. Bring your musical instruments, pans and spoons, whistles or anything noisy! Help us make a jolly din to chase away pesky spirits as […]
Join Andy Howard, experienced fruit tree pruner and owner of the Heritage Fruit Tree Company, for a day’s training course to learn the theory and practice of winter pruning on site in Warwickshire. This Course will take place at George Browning: Feldon Forest Farm, at Frankton, Rugby, Warks, CV23 9PD. George has an orchard with […]
Woughton Orchards, off Newport Road, Woughton on the Green, Milton Keynes, MK6 3BD Join us for various maintenance activities, picnics, and general outdoors enjoyment in the orchards. Bring a picnic. Also bring work gloves, pruning shears and pruning saws if you have them. FREE! Donations welcomed towards refreshments Contact: Email Claire at: MSOGChairman@yahoo.com to find […]
Saturday 25-Apr-20, from 2.00pm onwards, for as long as you want! Venue: Woughton Orchards, off Newport Road, Woughton on the Green, Milton Keynes, MK6 3BD Pack a picnic, spread out a blanket in the Old Cider Orchard and enjoy a lazy lunch outdoors, under the apple blossom. Throw a Frisbee, bob an apple, read a […]
Apple identification and expert fruit advice with top RHS fruit judge and grower Gerry Edwards. We will feature a display of apple and crab apples, plus apples trees and fruits for sale. We’ll be joined by members of the Mid-Shire Orchard Group who will be demonstrating apple pressing and chatting about community orchards local to […]
Activities: Bring your scionwood to share and swap with others, or offer or acquire for a small donation. This event will feature hundreds of rare, local and heritage apple, pear, plum and cherry varieties. They can be grafted on the day (as a paid service) onto purchased rootstocks of choice, or be taken home for […]
Saturday 12th February 10.30- 4.00 Join MSOG’s Andy Howard for a day’s training course, to learn the theory, skills and practice of winter pruning for fruit trees such as apple and pear. Discover the different methods and techniques used to shape fruit trees, control their size and influence their productivity. Find out when and how to apply […]
Join MSOG’s Andy Howard for a day’s training course, to learn the theory, skills and practice of winter pruning for fruit trees such as apple, pear, quince and medlar. Discover the different methods and techniques used to shape fruit trees, control their size and influence their productivity. Find out when and how to apply these […]
Join MSOG’s Andy Howard for a day’s training course, to learn the theory, skills and practice of summer pruning for fruit trees including apple, pear, quince, medlar, plum, gages, damsons and cherries. How summer pruning maximises your fruit growth. Why we summer prune cordons espaliers, step overs and how to do it. Discover the different methods […]
Learn the history of budding and why. When and how to collect and store bud wood. Different types of rootstocks and reasons for selection. Different methods of summer budding and their pros and cons. Best tools to use. The best methods for sealing the graft. Plant aftercare and how to make sure your graft takes. […]
Learn all the skills you need to help identify the fruit you maybe growing. What parts make up an apple? How to categorise which shape it is? The difference between cavities and basins et al. How to identify other top fruit or not! Books to utilise. On line help and support. Tricks and unique identification […]
