Orcharding and Related Courses 2026

 

Great news! The February 2026 MAN Grafting Course is confirmed

-Sat 28th Feb 2026

-10am to 2pm at Nash Village Hall, Shropshire

After last February’s successful grafting course we are running another course next February (2026) at the same location in South Shropshire.

Attendees are limited to 20 on a first come basis.

The course will last 4 hours (10am to 2pm) and we will be charging members £30.00 and non-members £50.00

For the money you will get hands-on tuition, 2 root stocks, scion wood to practice with and 2 heritage apple scions from the Paramor orchard.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

You can also pre-order additional rootstocks before the course, with members getting the wholesale discount.

You are also welcome to bring your own scions to graft or exchange with other course participants.

At the end of the course you should have learnt how to graft and leave with at least 2 bare-root grafted trees.

Joining instructions will be provided nearer to the date, but you can now pre-book your place on the course by emailing secretary@marcherapple.net

 

Keep an eye out for summer pruning and other courses in 2026 which will be posted here.

Others’ Courses

Gloucestershire Orchard Trust

GOT are holding pruning, budding and grafting training events throughout the year.

Cider Making

Peter Mitchell, formerly of Core Food and Drink, gives courses on cider making. Full course details are available on his website.

The Pershore Group of Colleges

Pershore College, now part of Warwickshire College, advertise a number of courses. These include Amateur Fruit Juice and Cider Making, Commercial Apple Juice Production, Commercial Cider Production, Fruit Tree Pruning and Traditional Orchard Management. Tel 01386 551143/ 551224.

The Royal Horticultural Society runs events at Pershore College. Some of these events are relevant to orcharding such as the workshop Fruit Tree Pruning in November 2012. Note that these courses are open to non-members of the RHS (although the fees are then higher). For more information contact Pershore College, RHS Regional Centre, Avonbank, Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 3JP. Tel 01386 554609/ 552443.