Climate Friendly Gardens – winter fruit tree pruning and care

Pruning your apple and pear trees in winter encourages growth and creates a more productive fruit tree. Without cutting back, trees can become congested and produce less fruit. 

Between November and March, the trees are dormant, and the lack of leaves means you can better see the structure and shape of your tree. You will learn how to maintain established trees, remove dead and diseased wood and reduce crowded growth increasing the vigour of your tree in spring. 

We start with some fruit tree basic knowledge then move on to the orchard for some practical skills. 

We are excited to have Andrew Lear, Appletreeman leading the workshop. Andrew is a highly experienced fruit tree expert with wide-ranging expertise. He puts 40 years of horticultural knowledge into practice by teaching and advising orchard groups and owners throughout Scotland and propagating heritage varieties of fruit.

Taking place at Greener Kirkcaldy’s community garden and orchard based in Ravenscraig walled garden, this workshop is free as part of Climate Action Fife thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund’s Climate Action Fund.

This event is suitable for beginners. This practical workshop will be mostly outdoors but with some initial theory inside the onsite cabin. Hot drinks and biscuits will be provided, please feel free to bring your own lunch. Please wear suitable outdoor clothing for the weather

Gardening gloves are recommended, please bring a pair with you. Equipment and tools will be provided.

Booking Information

The event is free but booking is required. You can choose to purchase a ticket with a donation. Donations help us do more work in our community.

Our booking form includes a series of optional anonymous questions. These help us learn more about the people we reach through our events. Any information you choose to share about your background is managed separately to information that you give us to process your booking (for example, your name).

If you are having trouble booking you can call 01592 858458 or email info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk for assistance.

Accessibility

There are disabled parking spaces on site. Please note the terrain is mostly flat and the paths are gravel. The venue is outdoors with the exception of the working cabin.

This event will usually take place in the orchard area of our gardens which is not recommended for wheelchairs due to steep access and narrow and uneven pathways, let us know if you would have issues getting the the orchard area as we can adapt the workshop to take place in a more accessible area.