Dear All,
Just a quick reminder that we have 3 courses running soon at The Mid-Shires Orchard Groups Home Orchard at The Estate office, Home Farm Natural Trust Stowe Landscape Gardens Mk18 5DQ
Saturday 2nd of July _ How to set up, run and maintain a Community / Your own orchard. Covrs all aspect of planning and setting up and maintaining an
orchard11-3 at Home fArm orchard, Stowe Landscape Gardens (cost £25 members £ 35 non members) Tutor - Andy Howard
Sunday 3rd July – Budding Course (1) 11-3 at Home farm orchard, Stowe Landscape Gardens (cost £25 members £ 35 non members) all students get to
take home two free trees. Tutor - Andy Howard
Sunday 10th July – Budding Course (2) 10.30- 2.30 at Home Farm orchard, Stowe Landscape Gardens (cost £25 members £ 35 non members) all students
get to take home two free trees. Tutor – Marcus Roberts
Further info directions check out the website or contact us direct. All Course’s run subject to weather conditions and sufficient nos booked on)
To reserve a place contact : Andy Howard johoward @metronet.co.uk
01295 810516 / 0795000681 direct for his course(s)
or for Marcus Roberts' course, Call Marcus direct on 01295 712272 or
07784 767188
mandm.roberts@ukgateway.net( NB Places on all courses are limited)
All the best and hope you all still have plenty of apples on your tree after the june drop. Dont forget to thin out your apple and especially plums at
the top of the branch if you are going to have bumper crop to stop them breaking off at the base of the bough. As removing the weight at the top of
the branch stops the plums acting acting as a fulcrum and therefore breaking the branch on what they are growing.
Andy Howard
Mid Shires Orchard Group
01295 810516
07950006813
PS For those interested in a bit of Apple history and horticulture, there's
a TV programme about apples this Wednesday evening (15th - BBC4 at 9pm)
called Apples: British to the Core. It may even feature Oxfordshire's own
Deddington Pippin tree by the Banbury - Oxford Road (and possibly me too as
I showed it to presenter Chris Beardshaw after a last minute call from the
production company!)
