Winter Fruit Tree Pruning

1590 7th Avenue,San Francisco CA 94122

29 January, 2022

Description

Learn from our expert instructors how to maximize tree health and fruit production by properly tending to your fruit trees this winter! Learn how to maximize tree health and fruit production by identifying and properly removing dead, damaged, and dying wood. Our expert instructors will go over general pruning techniques, discuss the differences between summer and winter pruning, and lead a hands-on demonstration so that you can learn which cuts to make in the winter to keep your trees healthy and productive. Instructors Jamie & Blas are San Francisco natives. Growing up among concrete and row houses only fueled their love of the outdoors. Now they tend a small homestead in San Francisco with their two daughters, complete with honey bees, chickens, greenhouse, mini orchard, and vegetables. Blas has a degree in environmental studies and a certificate in sustainable design from the Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francisco. He is passionate about reuse and envisioning a garden as a closed system. Jamie has a masters in science from SF State University and is a certified UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardener. She loves the science behind gardening and sharing it in an accessible way with everyone! You can often find them volunteering at their local community greenspace Sisterhood Gardens, posting and running their landscape/educational company Fog City Gardener. COVID-19 information: GFE Mask Guidelines: All participants must wear masks except when eating or drinking. You will be required to sign a liability waiver upon arrival. Please cancel your shift and do not come to GFE if you develop COVID19 symptoms on or before the day of your workshop (fever, chills, repeated shaking / shivering, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, feeling unusually weak or fatigued, new loss of taste or smell, muscle pain, headache, runny or congested nose, or diarrhea)GFE will continue to monitor the COVID19 situation in San Francisco and make any necessary changes to the workshop based on City guidelines.No walk-up registration permitted for this course.  Full garden workshop schedule What to bring to the workshop Directions to the Garden More about Jamie and Blas and our Gardening Instructors We are San Francisco's teaching and demonstration garden - learn to garden with us!Our workshops teach people to garden sustainably and our instructors are gardening experts with years of experience. We believe in hands-on education and design our workshops to be dynamic and educational.