Dear Friends and Customers of Woodbridge Fruit Trees,

Every year I offer workshops on Espaliering fruit trees and Grafting fruit trees - below are the dates for workshops - held locally in Cygnet (southern Tasmania). This may be the last time I teach these workshops. Course numbers limited to 12 (grafting) and 40 (espalier) more than that becomes too crowded sorry!

• Sunday 17th August
• Saturday 23rd August

The cost is $90 for the Espalier workshop and $150 for the grafting workshop.

Grafting Course Content:

• How to harvest and store scion wood.
• How to prepare the root-stock.
• Whip and tongue grafting - the gold standard for grafting a variety (scion) onto a rootstock of similar or larger diameter.
• Cutting technique
• Binding/ taping technique
• Bark (Crown) grafting demonstration - reworking an old tree
• Grafting knife sharpening and maintenance
• Secateurs sharpening and maintenance
• Information sheets provided with illustrations.

Espalier Course Content:

• Explanation of Espalier technique including Horizontal-T espalier, Fan espalier, step-over esplaier.
• Construction of various espalier trellises and fences.
• Planting the fruit tree, pruning and tying onto a wire.
• Different techniques for keeping branches where you want them.
• Pruning technique for future shaping of espaliers.

Happy gardening for 2025,

Nik Magnus

Woodbridge Fruit Trees