Join The Orchard Project for a two-day introduction to orchard designing, including carrying out a site survey and assessment. You'll come away from this weekend feeling empowered and more confident about how to create your own orchard design. Here's what you'll be learning:

Saturday with Stephanie Irvine: site surveying; tree and plant identification; indicator plants; rootstocks.

Sunday with Jo Homan: design considerations, including climate change; resilient planting; forest garden overview; orchard design.

This training is part of a weekend training series including "Orchard Foundation Weekend Course" and "Resilient & Healthy Orchards Weekend Course."

Price

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND ALL THREE WEEKENDS AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE, please refer to the "Orchard Foundation Weekend Course" page to find 3-Weekend Course Combo Tickets.

£220 / £160 (concessions*) For two days of training on 18th and 19th July, 10am-3pm each day.

£600 / £420 (concessions*) 3 Weekend Course Combo price to attend all three weekends - Orchard Foundation Weekend Course (22nd & 23rd February) and Resilient & Healthy Orchards Weekend Course. (16th & 17th May). Find this ticket here.

£420 / £300 (concessions*) 2 Weekend Course Combo price to attend this weekend and the one in May. Find this ticket here.

*students, retired on low income, or receiving benefit

Additional information

• Wear sturdy footwear in case you are working in a damp orchard with uneven surfaces.
• You are encouraged to bring a packed lunch as there are not a large number of shops nearby.
• Contact Jo Homan for more details jo@theorchardproject.org.uk

About the tutors

Jo is the Education, Skills and Training Manager for The Orchard Project with 15 years experience of teaching at all levels. She teaches on and runs the accredited Certificate in Community Orcharding and also helps run the forest garden project in Finsbury Park, Edible Landscapes London, which she set up 10 years ago.

Stephanie has designed and planted dozens of community orchards for the Orchard Project. She previously left a career in radio journalist to pursue to her dream of working in nature conservation. and food growing. She is especially interested in veteran orchards and wildlife.

Feedback on past training

"Very knowledgeable and experienced facilitators"

"Thank you so much for the course, it was brilliant. It was the most instructive and useful day as well as being a lot of fun. Really well run and informative"