North Garden, Virginia
...from the rich orchard heritage of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains
Seminar
Planning & Planting the Home Orchard
February 20, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $85.00; Registration limited to 50 participants
A tour of Rural Ridge Orchard will be available to participants, weather permitting.
Click here to register via our Online Catalog. Click here for a printable registration form that can be mailed to us with your check, money order, Visa or Mastercard charge. For overnight accommodations in the Charlottesville area, click on Resource Links for accommodations through area Web sites, or call, write, or e-mail us.
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Bud Shelton leads a group on a tour of the orchards during the 2004 Orchard Planning Workshop.
The cultivation of superior fruit is an art as well as a science. Come join us for an informative seminar that will give you what you need to begin and develop your own orchard. Learn how to overcome challenges and explore the many choices facing the fruit grower. Lunch is provided.
Presenters at this workshop will be Richard Marini, Chairman, Department of Horticulture, Penn State University, Tom Burford, Orchard Consultant and author, and the staff of Vintage Virginia Apples.
Each participant will receive a Planning and Planting Workbook that covers various topics of interest to fruit growers.
The meeting location will be announced soon.
Orchard Consultant and author, Tom Burford (left) is joined by Charlotte Shelton and Ed Fackler, as presenters at the 2004 Orchard Planning Workshop
The agenda will include:
- 9:30-10:00 a.m. Registration
- 10:00 Welcome and Introductions
- 10:15 Brief History of Orchards in America
- 10:15 Planning and Designing an Orchard
- Location and Layout
- Preparing the Site and Planting
- Fertilization and Nutrition
- 12:30 Lunch Break: Light Lunch provided
- 1:00 p.m. Cultural Management
- Pruning and Thinning
- Pollination
- Irrigation
- Pest, Disease and Weed Control.
- Harvest and Storage
- 3:30 p.m. Propagation
- Variety Selection
- Rootstock Selection
- Notes from the Field
- 4:00 p.m. Question and Answer Session
Click here for a map and directions to our location.
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