Josephine Porter Farm Offers Biodynamic Orchard Workshop
Mar 12, 2022 8:00AM—5:00PM
Location
Josephine Porter Institute Farm in Floyd, VA
Cost $125
Event Contact Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics | Email
Categories Biodynamic Agriculture, Eastern Region US, Workshop
INCLUDES A GRAFTED TREE TO TAKE HOME!
Join the Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics for a day of Biodynamic Orcharding instruction, presented by the JPI Board President Mike Biltonen of Know Your Roots!
- Orchard nutrition
- Pruning
- Crop load management
- Insect and disease management
- Practical grafting experience
This workshop is suitable for total beginners as well as seasoned farmers and will include a morning session of classroom instruction followed by an afternoon of practical grafting, after which attendees will have their very own apple tree to take home.
The cost of this workshop is $125, which includes all learning materials, rootstock, and scion.
Please include your full name, email address, and phone number when you check out so we can contact you with details!
The Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics wishes this workshop to be open to all, regardless of financial circumstances. Partial scholarships are available. Please send an email to jpiadmin@jpibiodynamics.org along with a poem or story or song, a drawing or painting or cartoon about apples, trees, farming, or whatever fills your spirit!