The Placer Resource Conservation District and its Backyard and Community Ag program, in collaboration with UCCE Placer County Master Gardeners, CalFresh Healthy Living, and Rock Creek School Garden, is offering a free workshop to backyard growers on the topic of pruning and care of fruit trees.
Join us for a two hour workshop with Kevin Marini, Master Gardener Programs Manager, to learn more about fruit tree pruning and other care related items. The workshop will be held at the Rock Creek Elementary School Garden (map) (about) from 9 to 11am on Saturday, February 5, 2022. Light snacks will be provided. This workshop is limited to 30 people.
When: February 5, 2022 | 9-11:00am
Where: Rock Creek Elementary School (3050 Bell Rd, Auburn, CA 95603) (map)
Cost: FREE! Donations for the Rock Creek Elementary Garden can be made by check to the Rock Creek Parent Teacher Club (3050 Bell Rd. Auburn, CA 95603). Put “Garden” in the memo.
Learn more about the Rock Creek Elementary School Garden here.
Why Pruning?
Pruning offers numerous benefits to the health and productivity of your fruit trees. Pruning impacts growth, improves fruit quality, dictates tree form for easier harvest, helps to manage insect pests and disease, allows more sunlight and air to access the tree, and more!
This workshop is made possible through a collaboration with the Placer Resource Conservation District, UCCE Placer County Master Gardeners of Placer County, and CalFresh Healthy Living.
Email Andrew Justus Fritz (andrew@placerrcd.org) for questions or comments.
About Rock Creek Elementary School Garden
The mission of the Rock Creek Elementary School Garden (map) is to provide students with an outdoor learning resource to support educational standards, promote garden education, support healthy lifestyles, encourage environmental awareness and scientific exploration. The Rock Creek Garden provides a space where students actively participate in planting, tending and nurturing plants, while learning lifelong values such as hard work, perseverance, patience, respect, and stewardship. The Rock Creek Garden focuses on a farm to fork model. Produce grown is served to students in the cafeteria and used for classroom tastings and lessons. Any extra produce is distributed to school families and staff. The Rock Creek Garden serves as a gathering space for students, parents, staff, and the community for the purpose of learning, cooperating, and sharing a purposeful outdoor space.
The Rock Creek Elementary School Garden accepts donations and welcomes volunteers. Donations for the Rock Creek Elementary Garden can be made by check to the Rock Creek Parent Teacher Club (3050 Bell Rd. Auburn, CA 95603). Write “Garden” in the memo.
Interested volunteers may contact Michele Fisch, CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Placer-Nevada program supervisor by phone (530.889.7350) or by email (mafisch@ucanr.edu).
