The Orchard Project have a 2018 training programme coordinated across Greater Manchester and Leeds. You are welcome to pick-and-mix which courses you attend.
Formative Pruning: Stockport (10 February) & Leeds (20 January).
Bench Grafting: Rochdale (21 March), Manchester (22 March), & Leeds (27 March).
Top Grafting: Leeds (11 April) & Manchester (15 April).
Pests & Diseases: Leeds (15 May) & Manchester 29 May afternoon & evening.
Scything: Stockport (3 June) , North Leeds (9 June), & West Leeds (24 June).
Summer pruning & bud grafting: Manchester (7 July) & Leeds (8 July).
Apple identification: Manchester (15 September) & Wakefield (16 September).
Maximum Juice: how to efficiently and safely make lots of juice and cider to keep: Leeds (16 September).
Fruit tree planting: Wakefield (a Wed morning in November, tbc)
We also hop to run a session around enterprise ideas & event ideas.
If you’d like a Certificate of Attendance for all the courses you have done we will be issuing these at the end of the year.