Caring For Your Home Orchard with Jake Mehrens, Sunday, April 21st, 11:00am-12:00pm
Whether you care for one fruit tree or an entire orchard, this class will help you understand why pruning your fruit trees strikes a balance between the tree’s health, productivity, and aesthics, ensuring that they thrive and provide a bountiful harvest for years to come.
Jake Bio:
“I have over a decade of experience pruning and maintaining trees. I got my start learning the pruning arts through maintaining ornamental landscape trees. The early stages of my pruning career were focused on shaping and refining cloud form pine trees. A few years later, I begin a long time interest in Bonsai. Learning the horticultural and aesthetic needs of trees in small pots gave me patience and experience with form and function. About six years ago, I began cultivation with fruit trees in Central Oregon. My focus with these trees has been influenced by my work with ornamental trees as I believe the aesthetic value of a tree in the backyard orchard has a lot to do with our overall enjoyment of the tree. I have been experimenting with the concept of keeping backyard fruit trees quite compact in order to allow them for more variety and cross pollination and a smaller footprint. This technique requires more aggressive and consistent pruning both in the late winter early spring and summer time.”
Class outline:
Tools & timing of pruning
Why pruning is critical for tree heath
Demo of fruit tree pruning
How to train young and renovate mature trees
Understanding pests and decease that impact fruit trees
Q&A
Class info:
This class will take place outside-please dress appropriately. No outside beverages are allowed, please visit our farm snacks and beverages. Seats are limited and registration is required!
Cancelation Policy
Due to processing costs, no refunds will be issued for amounts of $5 or less unless Schilling’s Garden Market cancels the class.
