Caring For Your Home Orchard

Sunday, April 21st, 11:00am-12:00pm

Whether you care for one fruit tree or an entire orchard, this class will help you understand why pruning your fruit trees strikes a balance between the tree’s health, productivity, and aesthics,ensuring that they thrive and provide a bountiful harvest for years to come.

Jake Bio:

“I have over a decade of experience pruning and maintaining trees. I got my start learning the pruning arts through maintaining ornamental landscape trees. The early stages of my pruning career were focused on shaping and refining cloud form pine trees. A few years later, I begin a long time interest in Bonsai. Learning the horticultural and aesthetic needs of trees in small pots gave me patience and experience with form and function. About six years ago, I began cultivation with fruit trees in Central Oregon. My focus with these trees has been influenced by my work with ornamental trees as I believe the aesthetic value of a tree in the backyard orchard has a lot to do with our overall enjoyment of the tree. I have been experimenting with the concept of keeping backyard fruit trees quite compact in order to allow them for more variety and cross pollination and a smaller footprint. This technique requires more aggressive and consistent pruning both in the late winter early spring and summer time.”

Class outline:

• Tools & timing of pruning

• Why pruning is critical for tree heath

• Demo of fruit tree pruning

• How to train young and renovate mature trees

• Understanding pests and decease that impact fruit trees

• Q&A

Class info:

This class will take place outside-please dress appropriately. No outside beverages are allowed, please visit our farm snacks and beverages. Seats are limited and registration is required! Sign up below today!