Workshop: Fruit Tree Pruning

Proper pruning of fruit trees helps to ensure that your fruit trees stay healthy and produce the highest quality fruit.  In this popular workshop, our expert instructor will cover topics such as choosing the most effective pruning tools and determining pruning goals (size, shape, light penetration, etc.) and will demonstrate how to properly prune different types of fruit trees to maximize their health and productivity.  Students will have an opportunity to both observe pruning of multiple types of fruit tree (pear, Asian pear, apple, plum, nectarine, pluot, and aprium) and to prune our larger apple, Asian pear, and/or peach trees under the guidance of the instructor.  Our teaching gardens also feature the quite unusual columnar-type apples and a mini dwarf nectarine, so students will observe a wide range of tree types and sizes.

Note that this workshop will not address other aspects of fruit tree care, such as variety selection, watering, fertilizing, or disease and pest management.  Please see our separate Organic Fruit Tree Care class for in depth training on those topics.