Community orchard training
Learn how to care for newly planted fruit trees. We will also look at how to engage children and the community in fruit pressing and cookery.
Course 1: Tuesday 24 May 2011
Course 2: Saturday 29 May 2011
Both days of the course run 9.30am -5pm
Venue
Stanmer Park (near University of Sussex), Brighton. Click here for directions to our meeting point at Stanmer Park.
Click here for details of local accommodation and to find out about Brighton Permaculture Trust supporters who can provide accommodation in their homes.
What will the course cover?
The day course will cover the basics of how to nurture newly planted fruit trees during their vulnerable first few years – watering, feeding, pest and disease prevention are all included. You will also participate in some hands on apple cookery, make juice on a traditional apple press (which is available for hire to community groups), and get other ideas for how you might celebrate your apple harvest with your friends or community. Planned for the schools and communities with whom we have collaborated on the Local Fruit Futures project, we are able to open this course to anyone with an interest in caring for young fruit trees and/or those wishing to celebrate fruit and engage adults or children in making things with fruit.
Course tutors
Anne-Marie Bur, co-organiser of the Local Fruit Futures project and apple day
Bryn Thomas, co-organiser of the Local Fruit Futures project and apple day
Fran Pickering, chef
Peter May, fruit expert
Robin van Creveld, Community Chef
Stephan Gehrels, apple juicer extraordinaire
Who is the course for?
The course is open to anyone over the age of 16 and no prior knowledge is necessary.
Originally planned for the schools and communities with whom we have collaborated on the Local Fruit Futures project, we are able to open this course to anyone with an interest in caring for young fruit trees and/or those wishing to celebrate fruit and engage adults or children in making things with fruit.
The practical element of the course involves cookery and juice making. The making of fruit juice using a traditional press involves some heavy work but participants are welcome to join in or not as they see fit.
Brighton Permaculture Trust aims to meet the needs of participants with physical disabilities and learning difficulties. If you have any issues which you feel may affect your ability to attend or participate in this course, please contact us to discuss them prior to booking.
What you will need to bring
• Warm weatherproof outdoor clothing
• Sun hat and sunscreen
• Sturdy outdoor footwear
• Pens and a notebook
Learning methods and outcomes
These will include slides, discusions, a practical cookery session, a practical apple pressing session and also a guided walk looking at newly planted trees, established orchards and our apple nursery.
What does this course lead on to?
Other courses and events that may be of interest to course participants:
• Apple day
• Pruning old fruit trees
• Forest gardening
• Scything
• Fruit tree grafting
• Fruit cookery sessions and cookery leader courses led by the community chef, details to be announced
These short specialist courses are not accredited.
Fees
Fees include lunch, tuition, refreshments, handouts and information sheets.
£145 - Sponsored/organisation rate
£145 - Individual income more than 25k/yr
£115 - Individual income 18-25k/yr
£85 - Individual waged less than 18k/yr
£55 - Individual, concessionary rate
Free places for Local Fruit Futures orchard leaders
Concessionary rates are available to people in receipt of means-tested benefits (including housing benefit, council tax benefit and working tax credit), also full-time students and OAP s.
We endeavour to make our courses/events affordable to all. Unfortunately we do not receive any external funding for most of our courses/events and rely on large amounts of voluntary input.
See the cancellations and refunds policy.
Booking
Booking is essential as most of our courses/events are fully booked weeks in advance. However if places are still available then reservations can be made until midday the day before the course/event.
You can pay now using a credit/debit card or paypal. This is our preferred option as it saves us administration time. It is usually also possible to pay by cheque/postal order, however this option will not be available on the form in the 2 weeks leading up to the course/event, or if it is nearly fully booked. A place is not secured until we have received the requested payment and reservations will only be valid for 3 working days.
Please read the information on this page then:
register here for Community orchard training 24th May 2011
register here for Community orchard training 29th May 2011
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Contact us
For further information or if you have problems with your registration please contact us.
