Caring for an Orchard - Summer

Name: Caring for an Orchard - Summer
Start: 2024-07-04T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-07-04T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Ballymaloe Cookery School

Schedule

Thu Jul 04 2024 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Ballymaloe Cookery School | Cork, CK

Planting and caring for an orchard is easier than you might think and a great way to convert an area of ground to something more productive, bio diverse and lovely to look at. Our course tutor Chris Troy is a TEAGSC trained commercial horticulturist with over 40 years practical experience of creating, and caring for, domestic orchards across Ireland. He’s an active member of Future Orchards in Glanmire and runs a number of courses on planting, grafting, pruning and fruit thinning on site each year.
In his friendly, down to earth and practical teaching style Chris will introduce you to the basics of planning, planting and caring for an orchard be it for 3 or 30 trees!
This full day course is a
What You’ll Learn:
How to fruit thin an apple tree
Pest and disease identification and management
How to interpt last year's pruning on this year's growth
How to maximise next year's crop
Course Elements:
Indoor and Outdoor Classroom time
A practical demonstration on fruit thinning
A visit to our orchards
Good to Know:
As we’ll spend time walking and learning around the farm please bring suitable clothing and footwear - and allow for changeable weather!
This is a basic course aimed at beginners with small gardens. However a lot of the information that will be available may be of great use to landowners and farmers or anyone who may be thinking of planting an orchard on a larger scale.
Refreshments included; Tea, Coffee and Biscuits
Please arrive early to sign in, meet other students and get ready for a busy day of hands on learning
The course is held at Ballymaloe Cookery School’s Organic Farm and Gardens in Shanagarry, Co. Cork P25 R274
Additional Info
Discounted / Part-Funded Tickets Through NOTS:
Eligible participants living in Ireland can avail of a generous cost reduction on this course through our course partners National Organic Training Skillnet. Sign up through NOTS to avail of their reduced price offering and to get the course for just €90. Once you sign up and pay the reduced rate through NOTS, they will notify us, and you will be all set for the course on July 24th! Please note – to qualify for the NOTS rate, you must be a) resident in Ireland; and b) employed in any sector (either full-time or part-time).