Fruit Tree Pruning workshop at Ecclesfield Park, Sheffield

Sheffield City Council Community Forestry. Please email communityforestry@sheffield.gov.uk or ring 01142500500

SCC Community Forestry

Want to know how to prune fruit trees? Join us for  a free guided pruning workshop, pruning Ecclesfield Park mature orchard.

Ecclesfield Park Orchard

What to expect:Join Sheffield City Council Community Forestry Team and Sheffield Fruit Trees for a free workshop in fruit pruning, while rejuvenating Ecclesfield Parks mature orchard.The workshop will cover several key concepts of pruning mature trees in order to maintain and regenerate tree health and achieve a good crop. We will then have a hands-on session where all participants will be able to practice the topics learnt. What to bring:The entire workshop will be based outside, within the parks orchard. Wear suitable outdoor shoes and coats, preferably weatherproof. Tools and gloves will be provided, if you have your own feel free to bring them too. The workshop will start at 9.30am, and run through to 1pm – so feel free to bring lunch and snacks with you so you can have them as needed, or have them after the workshop. Booking: Places are limited for the workshops, so please sign up via this Eventbrite to secure a place. If you book and can’t come, please let us know in advance so we can offer the place to someone else. Meet at:Ecclesfield Park Orchard located at the google pin below.https://goo.gl/maps/MPgmhobFjLRb3aDv5About the organisers:The event is being run by Sheffield City Council Community Forestry team and Sheffield Fruit Trees. The Community Forestry team support tree planting across the city, working with multiple community groups and schools the team are planting more than 14,000 trees this year during the tree planting season from November to March. Our work is funded by the Woodland Trust and the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.<a href="https://sheffieldfruittrees.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sheffield Fruit Trees</a> is a cooperatively-run social enterprise fruit tree nursery based in Meersbrook, Sheffield. Developing as an off-shoot of the Abundance project, they have been growing trees and supporting community groups to plant orchards in and around Sheffield for a number of years.

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