Saturday, March 24, 10:00 – 3:00, Office Building;  $40
Snow date Saturday, April 14

Charles Day, Ruth Rea Howell Horticultural Interpreter at Wave Hill, will conduct two 4-hour sessions about growing fruit. The format of both sessions is classroom in the morning and outdoor demos in the afternoon. You’ll probably want to attend both, but they stand on their own.

Session 1 will cover

• Site Assessment: sunlight, soils, wind exposure, water and air drainage
• Tree/Bush Assessment (both new and pre-existing)
• Types of Fruit for the Northeast: apples (not easy), pears, apricots, peaches, figs, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, currants, gooseberries
• Pruning (classroom and demos)

To ensure getting notification if the workshop is postponed due to bad weather, please register in advance by calling Anita Barber at 845-265-3338. The $40 workshop fee, which includes morning and lunchtime beverages, may be paid at the door or upon registration. Please bring your own lunch.

Charles Day has 25 years of fruit growing experience in The UK and US. He is currently the Gardener Interpreter at Wave Hill in the Bronx, NY. He has also worked in the Fruit Department of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden at Wisley, and has been a lecturer at the New York Botanical Garden. As a commercial manager he ran large orchards of apples, pears and plums. He experimented with pruning techniques while at East Malling Research Station and cared for the UK’s National Fruit Collections at Brogdale in Kent.