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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]