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Pruning Fruit Trees
JAN 29, FEB 1 & 5

LOCATION:
Red Butte Garden Classroom and This Is the Place Heritage Park

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Questions?

Please call: 801-581-8454


INSTRUCTOR:
Craig England, Red Butte Garden

COST:
Garden Members: 
$79
General Public: 
$98

PRUNING FRUIT TREES

JAN 29, FEB 1 & 5


Wednesdays, Jan 29, Feb 5 6-8 PM

Saturday, Feb 1, 10AM-12PM OR 1:30PM-3:30PM (In person at This Is the Place Heritage Park)


Apples and pears, stone fruits, and more– get the best results from your home fruit trees. Learn how to properly care for your existing fruit trees and give new ones a healthy start as we cover pruning, thinning, rejuvenation, pollination needs, recommended varieties, and common insects and diseases. Class registration covers all three sessions.

In person time will be assigned to students during the first class on Jan 29.

Get to know your instructor:

Craig England Jr. has been a lead horticulturist at Red Butte Garden for the last four years. He manages the Floral Walk, Amphitheatre grounds, and Rose Garden. Prior to Red Butte Garden, he owned and operated a bicycle-based garden maintenance and design service in Berkeley, CA for nearly a decade. His passion is finding new places to plant fruiting trees and shrubs in an otherwise ornamental garden, and then bending them to his will through careful direction and pruning. He has a BA in Environmental Design from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

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