Edible Garden Workshops With Peter Coppin

In the nursery, we get lots of questions regarding fruit trees. How to plant them, train them, prune them, water them and what to do when things go awry.   While we are always happy to discuss and answer your questions and dilemmas, we thought we’d get one of WA’s most respected horticultural consultants, Peter Coppin to come and host a series of 3 x 1 hour workshops as a way to educate you, and keep you excited about your edible gardens.  Peter has years of experience in dealing with our local environment and will tailor these courses to suit our SouthWest Conditions.

Both the Sat & Sun workshops have been sold out. Sorry if you missed out. We’ll plan another workshop real soon. What do you reckon?  If you would like to be kept in the loop on upcoming workshops and events, we use email first to notify everyone. Just leave your details above on the top right – ‘sign up to newsletter’.

We have 3 workshops available on Saturday June 20 2015 and is for customers who have purchased plants through us. (not a customer yet? no probs, just buy your plants from us first! )   Cost is $15 per workshop, each running for 1 hour.  Come to one, or come to them all.  Spots are limited – with 10 spots per workshop available. Each workshop attendee will get a complimentary bag of our compost planting mix ($10value) and 20% discount on all plants in the nursery on the day (excluding grass-trees)

Each workshop must be pre-paid.  Click each workshop below to grab your spot or go here.

Workshop 1 – Planting & Care  10am-11am

• Designing and Planning an edible landscape
• Selecting the best position for your fruit trees/plants
• Soil Preparation – building healthy, living soils.
• Growing fruit trees & ornamentals in pots and containers
• How to Plant for longevity
• Care & Nutrition
• Q&A session

Workshop 2 – Pruning & Maintenance  11.30am – 12.30pm

• Pruning Training and espaliering fruit trees & vines
• How to correctly prune for high fruit yields
• Care & nutrition of your trees
• Q&A session

Workshop 3 – Pests, Diseases & Disorders  1pm-2pm

• How to Identify pest or disease
• Corrective Measures
• Care & Nutrition
• Q&A session

Tea and coffee and nibblies will be available throughout the sessions, however, byo lunch if staying for all three.

You will walk away armed with the knowledge needed to grow your own fruit in a safe and sustainable way.

Peter is a horticultural consultant that can offer you a variety of advice, training and other services covering a wide range of topics, based on sound knowledge and his extensive experience in all agriculture and horticulture.  For ten years He was a senior horticultural officer at the W.A. Department of Agriculture's Garden Advisory Centre and Small Property Advisory Service. The previous fifteen years were spent in fruit and nut research and extension at the Stoneville Horticultural reseach Station. Throughout all those years he worked with a large number of respected specialists including entomologists, pathologists and agronomists, gaining invaluable experience and knowledge. He has lectured at TAFE, Curtin University and other tertiary instiutions, run short courses and seminars for the public, and managed his own family orchard and nursery in the Perth Hills. He gives regular guest talks at field days, Garden Week and Curtin and ABC radio. He is also a guest presenter with the Beyond Gardens and Great Gardens teams, which present free workshops all over the state explaining and promoting sustainable gardening and property management. "Training and education are a passion me as it is so important for people to be able to access the correct information and advice. I actively support the planting of trees for fruit, nut or timber production, not just as ornamentals."