Name: Fruit tree pruning
Start: 2026-02-21T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-21T12:30:00+00:00
Location: St Ann's Allotments

Discover the best techniques to prune your fruit trees for optimal health and growth. A hands-on masterclass including apple, pear & quince
About this Event

Leo Jordan will be joining us at St Ann's Community Orchard to share the art behind fruit tree pruning. Come along for a masterclass in all aspects of tree care including how to rejuvenate old trees and formatively prune new trees to achieve the perfect crop. At this time of year we will focus on apples, pears and quinces.

Workshop details

Capacity: The maximum group size will be 10 people.

Tickets: The ticket price includes materials.

Facilities: A compost toilet is available at the garden with sanitizer for hand washing.

Clothing: Please dress for the weather, and wear comfortable foot wear. The garden is a 5-minute walk from the entrance to the allotments.

Parking: There is plenty of free roadside parking along Ransom Road.

Contact: If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the organiser Kayleigh at [email protected]

About Leo Jordan

Leo Jordan is an orchard manager, cider maker and owner of the CAMRA award-winning Blue Barrel Cider. What he doesn’t know about apple and pear trees ain’t worth knowing. https://bluebarrelcider.com/home/

About the Orchard

This workshop will be run from the Strawbale Building on our Community Orchard. This unique building is hand-built from bales of straw and weatherproofed with clay sourced on site. It’s also off-grid, being naturally insulated by a living roof, with solar panels and a log-burner.

The Community Orchard is a garden maintained by Staa for educational purposes featuring a variety of mature fruit trees, many of them heritage varieties, and also includes a pond and a stream.

St Ann’s Allotments are Grade II* Listed by Historic England, and designated an Area of Importance for Nature Conservation. It is the oldest and largest are of Victorian detached town gardens in the UK, with over 700-years of history, 500 gardens, and 32 miles of hedgerow.

About Staa

This event is organised by Staa, a small charity that manages a number of highly regarded projects across 30+ plots at St Ann's Allotments that provide community benefit and offering a wide variety of volunteering opportunities.