Orcharding Management Certificate, The Orchard Project

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RHS Garden Wisley, GU23 6QB

RHS Garden Wisley, GU23 6QB

Address

Wisley Lane, Woking

Venue

RHS Garden Wisley, Greener Skills Garden

Booking

  • Other Prices

    £2100

Overview

  • Course running time

    Wed 22 Apr 2026 - Sat 6 Mar 2027, 10am - 4pm

  • Skill level

    Professional

  • Subject

    Course

  • Topic

    Community Orchards

The Orchard Project is proud to offer the UK’s only orcharding Certificate. This exciting course (known as CICO) will teach you everything you need to know about managing healthy, productive community orchards and it’s taught by their team of orcharding experts. The Orchard Project run this course over several months, giving you the opportunity to learn seasonally-appropriate skills, including:

  • Tree planting
  • Grafting
  • Pruning
  • Biodiversity, pests, & diseases
  • Site survey and orchard design
  • Soil science and boosting soil diversity organically
  • Caring for old orchards & veteran trees
  • Identifying fruit trees and apple varieties
  • Managing orchards
  • Effective group work
As well as attending several practical face to face days, you will have access to the Orchard Project's brilliant training platform. This has 26 interactive quizzes, 45 brilliant videos and 33 pieces of online reading material that you won’t find anywhere else. Their tutors are experienced and will support you through the course, leaving you feeling empowered and knowledgeable. The course is regulated by Crossfields Institute. 

Ticket information

This course is booked directly with the Orchard Project. By clicking on the Book Online or More Information button above you will be taken to the Orchard Project booking site.

Please note: The booking portal is provided by Ticket Tailor on behalf of the Orchard Project. When signing up to this course, you are leaving the RHS website and will be governed by both the RHS and Ticket Tailor's privacy notices. Please read both privacy notices before you apply.

Additional info

This course is hosted at RHS Garden Wisley in our new Greener Skills Garden and Orchard, however the course and qualification is offered, and run by, the Orchard Project Registered address: 167–169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF. The Orchard Project is the working name for The Orchard Project (Cause) Ltd, a registered charity (no. 1139952) and company limited by guarantee (no. 06902160) 

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