Fruit tree pruning

Leo Jordan will be joining us at St Ann's Community Orchard and Oliver's Heritage Garden to share the art behind fruit tree pruning. Come along for a masterclass in all aspects of orchard 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.

Leo can also answer your questions on different styles of trained fruit trees, pests and diseases, and apple and pear varieties and their characteristics.

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 Holly James at [email protected]

Leo Jordan is an orchard manager, pommelier and cider maker from Blue Barrel Cider. He has delivered a number of pruning workshops for us in the past and is a very knowledgable local expert.

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 2* 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.

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.

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