Apple Pruning Techniques hands-on workshop

ALNA — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is collaborating with Midcoast Conservancy to offer a program on pruning techniques needed to keep your apple trees productive, on Saturday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Midcoast Conservancy’s Trout Brook Preserve in Alna.

Cheryl Denz, owner and operator of Terra Optima Farm and Landscaping in Appleton will teach this class.

“Whether you have a small home orchard or one old tree that feeds the deer, this workshop will teach you the basic pruning techniques needed to keep your trees alive – and bearing fruit,” said SWCD, in a news release.

Prior registration is required by Friday, March 4 for this class as space is limited.

Dress appropriately for the weather and please bring any pruning tools you may have (pruners, loppers, handsaw). A limited number of additional tools will be available.

In the event of inclement weather, the alternative date is March 19; SWCD will contact registrants by 7 a.m. on March 12 should they need to postpone.

Class fee is: $20/individual; $35/2 members of one household (plus $1 online payment processing fee).

To register, go to Knox-Lincoln SWCD’s website: https://www.knox-lincoln.org/events-workshops.

For more information, please call 596-2040 or email info@knox-lincoln.org.