On Saturday, January 19 the Occidental Art and Ecology Center will offer a three-hour workshop on fruit-tree and vine pruning. OAEC’s Orchard Manager will cover the basics and benefits of winter and summer pruning for small, diversified fruit tree orchards. The workshop will discuss tools and tool safety, reasons to prune your trees and basic pruning cuts. The workshop will also explore the art of pruning. We will walk around the orchards at OAEC and discuss the different types of fruit trees and how to properly prune each type of tree. Some examples include apples, European and Asian pears, plums, peaches, nectarines, cherries, grapes, quince, and kiwi.
Fee is $35. The event is from 9 am to noon. (There is a rain date of January 27.) For information see: www.oaec.org or call (707) 874-1557 x101.
