Name: Apple pruning with June Tainsh
Start: 2024-10-12T09:30:00+01:00
Location: Helmsley Walled Garden

Learn how to prune apple trees with June Tainsh, director of Helmsley Walled Garden.
Here at Helmsley we have over 100 different apple trees including plenty of heritage varieties. They have been trained in a range of forms from espalier to stepover and cordon to free standing.
Learn the techniques of apple pruning including:
identifying the three Ds – dead, diseased and dying wood
ways of training apple trees into different forms
when to prune
pruning for fruiting spurs
how much wood to remove
Dress in warm clothes as you’ll be outside for the majority of the workshop. Please bring you own secateurs if you have them. Workshop cost includes coffee and cake.
Course participants limited to 10.
Workshop costs £50 and includes coffee and cake.