Love Your Orchard: St Erth Masterclass
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Love Your Orchard: St Erth Masterclass
The Garden of St Erth
189 Simmons Reef Rd, Blackwood VIC 3458
Sunday 20 July, 2025.
11am-12:30pm
Caring for and managing home orchards can be a daunting task. Diggers Head of Gardens, Julian Blackhirst, shares his experience of all aspects of fruit growing, from fertilisation, pruning and training to pest control and companion plants.
What you will learn:
- How to prune your fruit trees to give them structure, shape and encouraging fruiting.
- The difference between winter and summer pruning and how to use each technique to get the most of your trees.
- Soil preparation and ongoing soil management to ensure a healthy, living soil in your orchard.
- Growing companion plants with your fruit trees to encourage biodiversity, support soil health and help prevent pests and diseases.
- How to identify and treat pests and diseases in the orchard to keep your trees healthy and productive.
This Masterclass is designed to teach you everything you need to know to grow healthy fruit trees in the home garden or orchard.