El Dorado County master gardeners offer free workshop at Sherwood Demonstration Garden
Peach trees and other orchard trees can benefit from summer pruning. Get tips on how to do it from the El Dorado County master gardeners this Saturday. Kathy Morrison
Got fruit? If your backyard orchard produces a sparse harvest (or so much that limbs break under the load), consider the benefits of summer pruning.
Learn how at a free workshop at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at Sherwood Demonstration Garden in Placerville.
Hosted by the El Dorado County master gardeners, “Summer Fruit Tree Pruning” will cover the basics plus a lot more. During this three-hour class, master gardener Phyllis Lee will demonstrate techniques as well as what to look for, using Sherwood’s own orchard as an example.
“Summer fruit tree pruning is a science and an art,” say the master gardeners. “Come out to the beautiful and educational Sherwood Demonstration Garden to learn the benefits of summer fruit tree pruning: What to prune in the summer versus winter, the reasoning, creating fruitful trees, and more.”
Advance registration is encouraged but not required. Find it here: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=42879
“Also, we have plenty of space, but a shortage of chairs; if you can, please bring your own folding chair,” say the hosts.
This workshop is a great way to learn more about keeping fruit trees healthy and productive. Say the master gardeners, “In this informative class for beginners as well as intermediate learners, different pruning techniques will be demonstrated along with general fruit tree care of pome (apple, pear, etc.), stone (peach, plum, cherry, etc.), persimmon and citrus trees.”
Although the class is free, parking is $2. Sherwood Demonstration Garden is located behind Folsom Lake College’s El Dorado Center at 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville.
Saturday morning is also Open Garden at Sherwood; visitors are welcome to ask master gardeners questions on a wide range of topics and garden activities.
Details and directions: https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/.
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