Winter Top Fruit Pruning Workshop

Join RHS Garden Bridgewater Curator Marcus Chilton-Jones for an in-depth walk and talk all about winter top fruit pruning. This workshop is suitable for Upskiller Gardeners who have mastered the basics of gardening and would like to build on their horticultural knowledge and skills.   
 

The focus of this workshop will be on pruning apples and pears in a wide variety of restricted and open forms.  This will include espaliers, palmettes, various cordons, standards, half-standards and open-centre bushes. The workshop will provide an overview on how the application of scientific and artistic techniques can correctly sculpt apples and pears, on a cyclical basis, for a variety of different situations.
 

• Location: The tour will be approximately two hours in length, initially in the Learning Studio within the Welcome Building and then outside in the gardens, with practical demonstrations in The Kitchen Garden and in The Orchard
• Ticket: includes garden entry
• Tutor: Marcus Chilton-Jones, Curator, RHS Garden Bridgewater 
• For this workshop: Please wear sturdy footwear and waterproofs and bring a bottle of water with you.
• Skill Level: Upskiller -  Gardeners who have mastered the basics of gardening, and would like to build on their horticultural knowledge and skills