Pruning with a Purpose: Foundations of Fruit Tree Pruning

Dormant season pruning of fruit trees is one of the best tools farmers and gardeners have in maintaining and optimizing orchard and fruit tree health! It is also one of the most peaceful and pleasant outdoor tasks during the colder months. Join us for a deep dive on apple tree pruning and care this February with Matt Kaminsky, aka Gnarly Pippins. In this workshop, we’ll unpack the theory and practice of pruning fruit trees with a focus on apples. Whether you’re a beginner hoping to learn a new skill, or an old pro hoping to review and brush up, this will be a useful workshop with hands-on opportunities to work on some trees and build up your pruner’s confidence with.

Matt Kaminsky is an orchardist and farmer from Western Massachusetts whose specialties include wild apples, old orchard restoration, grafting and topworking, & orchard silvopasture (integration of sheep into orchards). He is known by the moniker “Gnarly Pippins”, a nod to the wild apples that inspire his passion and his website where he maintains a blog and webshop offering copies of the numerous books he has written about apples, as well as selling scionwood, saplings, and other orchard-related merchandise. He farms full time in Hadley and Sunderland MA with his partner Rachel Haas and together they own & operate Meadowfed Lamb Silvopasture, which is part of the Preservation Orchard Co-op. He prunes and stewards at many orchards throughout New England and New York, and offers educational programming on a variety of topics related to orchard care every season. Learn more by visiting www.gnarlypippins.com or @gnarlypippins on social media.

Rain date: Saturday, February 28th

Lunch will be provided

Register Here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/pruning-with-a-purpose-foundations-of-fruit-tree-pruning