BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20260312T160000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_1080_fd100cc3a300e51ff8938ebee9af9a35@www.farmgarden.org.uk SUMMARY:Community orchard site evaluation and variety sele ction webinar X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

< span style="font-size:18.252px\;">Curious about ho w landscape and choice of variety impact your orch ard's productivity? Are your trees looking a bit unwell? Want to select the right part of your sit e and suitable varieties for a productive harvest?

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\n Whether y ou're aiming to revive your orchard\, troubleshoot a struggling tree\, or design a brand new space f rom the ground up\, success begins with understand ing your environment and selecting trees that will thrive there.

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Our speakers will talk through how to work with nature to unlo ck your orchard's full potential:

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Assess soil\, wat er and wind to create the most supportive environm ent.

Discover disease-resistant\, productive varieties for a changing climate.

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Recognise the natural limits of your site and trees that won't change.
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Places are limited to ensure conversat ion. Register now to avoid disappointment.< /p>\n \n
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About the speakers
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Our guest speakers bring a wealth of knowledge and experience: Emma Maxwel l from Ash and Elm Horticulture and Wade Muggleton from Marcher Apple Network and author of The Orch ard Book.
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Wade Muggleton is a long-stan ding member of the Marcher Apple Network (MAN)\, a charity w orking to revive and protect heritage apple and pe ar varieties with links to the Welsh Marches. Dur ing MAN's 30-year history\, over 50 varieties thou ght to be lost have been rediscovered. Over 300 v arieties have been identified over the years\, wit h almost 100 currently being investigated. Wade i s the author of The Apples and Orchards of Worcest ershire\, The Worcester Black Pear and The O rchard Book\, all available from MAN's online shop\, and has written for a range of magazines an d taught courses on orcharding and fruit growing. Wade's The Orchard Book is full of tips on planni ng\, establishing and maintaining an orchard\, max imising harvest and minimising outlay. Wade grows a lot of fruit and veg. We are delighted to welc ome Wade as a guest speaker on this webinar.
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https://marchera pple.net/
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\n Emma Max well has extensive experience as a hortic ultural lecturer\, mentor\, and tutor\, and has be en a trainer for Farm Start trainees on the Pathwa ys to Farming course (part of the Tyfu Dyfi projec t) for 7 years. Her expertise includes soil and p lant science\, propagation\, edible and ornamental plant growing and relevant business marketing top ics. In 2023\, Emma was appointed as a coach to D EFRA's New Entrants Support Scheme\, and she conti nues to mentor horticultural farmers for Farming C onnect. Emma L. Maxwell and David Ashley are Ash & Elm\, a v ibrant five-acre off-grid market garden and CSA de dicated to agroecological and regenerative horticu lture since 2011. Their one-acre orchard is home to a family of barn owls\, and leads to 'Hazelnut Lane'. Social Farms & Gardens have collaborated with Ash & Elm for many years and know Emma to be a true master of horticulture. We are thrilled Em ma is able to join us for this session.
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https://ashandelm.co.u k/
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\n This webinar is part of a serie s of events supported by the Social Farms & Garden s Community Orchards (Powys) project.
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\n Where: Online (Zoom)
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When: Thursd ay 12th March\, 4.00pm - 5.15pm
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DESCRIPTION:Curious about how landscape and choice of variety impact your orchard's productivity? Are your tree s looking a bit unwell? Want to select the right part of your site and suitable varieties for a pro ductive harvest?\n \n \n \n \n Whether you're aimi ng to revive your orchard\, troubleshoot a struggl ing tree\, or design a brand new space from the gr ound up\, success begins with understanding your e nvironment and selecting trees that will thrive th ere.\n \n \n \n Our speakers will talk through how to work with nature to unlock your orchard's full potential:\n \n \n \n \n Assess soil\, water and wind to create the most supportive environment.\n Discover disease-resistant\, productive varietie s for a changing climate.\n Recognise the natural limits of your site and trees that won't change.\ n \n \n Places are limited to ensure conversation. Register now to avoid disappointment.\n \n \n \n \n About the speakers\n \n \n Our guest speakers bring a wealth of knowledge and experience: Emma M axwell from Ash and Elm Horticulture and Wade Mugg leton from Marcher Apple Network and author of The Orchard Book.\n \n \n \n \n \n Wade Muggleton is a long-standing member of the Marcher Apple Netwo rk (https://marcherapple.net/) (MAN)\, a charity w orking to revive and protect heritage apple and pe ar varieties with links to the Welsh Marches. Dur ing MAN's 30-year history\, over 50 varieties thou ght to be lost have been rediscovered. Over 300 v arieties have been identified over the years\, wit h almost 100 currently being investigated. Wade i s the author of The Apples and Orchards of Worcest ershire (https://marcherapple.net/product/the-appl es-orchards-of-worcestershire-by-wade-muggleton/)\ , The Worcester Black Pear (https://marcherapple.n et/product/the-worcester-black-pear-by-wade-muggle ton/) and The Orchard Book (https://marcherapple.n et/product/the-orchard-book/)\, all available from MAN's online shop\, and has written for a range o f magazines and taught courses on orcharding and f ruit growing. Wade's The Orchard Book is full of tips on planning\, establishing and maintaining an orchard\, maximising harvest and minimising outla y. Wade grows a lot of fruit and veg. We are del ighted to welcome Wade as a guest speaker on this webinar.\n \n \n \n https://marcherapple.net/\n \n \n \n \n \n Emma Maxwell has extensive experience as a horticultural lecturer\, mentor\, and tutor\ , and has been a trainer for Farm Start trainees o n the Pathways to Farming course (part of the Tyfu Dyfi project) for 7 years. Her expertise include s soil and plant science\, propagation\, edible an d ornamental plant growing and relevant business m arketing topics. In 2023\, Emma was appointed as a coach to DEFRA's New Entrants Support Scheme\, a nd she continues to mentor horticultural farmers f or Farming Connect. Emma L. Maxwell and David Ash ley are Ash & Elm (https://ashandelm.co.uk/)\, a v ibrant five-acre off-grid market garden and CSA de dicated to agroecological and regenerative horticu lture since 2011. Their one-acre orchard is home to a family of barn owls\, and leads to 'Hazelnut Lane'. Social Farms & Gardens have collaborated with Ash & Elm for many years and know Emma to be a true master of horticulture. We are thrilled Em ma is able to join us for this session.\n \n \n \n https://ashandelm.co.uk/\n \n \n \n \n \n This we binar is part of a series of events supported by t he Social Farms & Gardens Community Orchards (Powy s) project. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Where: Online (Zo om)\n \n \n \n When: Thursday 12th March\, 4.00pm - 5.15pm\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CATEGORIES:Webinar CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T160000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260312T171500 LOCATION:Online\n United Kingdom\n URL:https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1080 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR