Perennial Crops & Native Plants Workshop
Come dive into the world of sustainable agriculture and gardening at Frinklepod Farm with a focus on perennial crops and native plants.
Do you love the idea of growing and caring for perennial plants?
Come learn about how you can grow fruit trees and perennial food crops, as well as how to incorporate native plants into your landscape!
Lee Sullivan of Kennebunk Area Native Plants will start the morning sharing the benefits and wonders of adding native plants to your home garden or yard. She'll demonstrate how to sow seeds, send you home with some seeds to start yourself, and give you a preview of what native plants you can purchase later in the spring!
Next, learn from Farmer Noah about his successes and challenges with growing, organically, a wide variety of perennial fruit crops over the past 3+ decades. From rhubarb to elderberry, grapes to hazelnut, he will have something to share about almost everything.
Finally, go outside with Noah to learn the basics of fruit tree pruning. You will be invited to try out what you learn on our apple, peach, and pear trees as well as raspberry bushes.
Topics covered:
the best tool for each pruning task
different approaches for different tree varieties
timing and frequency of pruning
techniques to ensure healthy healing of the tree
establishing a strong "scaffold" for long-term strength of the tree
dwarf, semi dwarf, and standard tree sizes and root stock
bonus: pruning cane fruit such as raspberries and black raspberries
This workshop will happen rain or shine; please come prepared for the weather!
Farm members, use your promo code for 10% off!
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