Sat, 09 Dec
|Flowery Gully
Tree Walk and Talk @ Flowery Gully
Join us for a free Walk + Talk in a beautiful private forest. Learn the secrets of tree growing and maintenance with experienced tree grower Kirrilli Kent of Melaleuca Horticulture. Share your favourite tree over morning tea, get hands in the soil with practical demonstrations… and take a free tree!
Time & Location
09 Dec 2023, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Flowery Gully, Flowery Gully TAS 7270, Australia
About the event
Topics:
Tree basics – how what when and where
Growing medium
Pot types
Irrigation
Starting from seed
Propagation techniques
Pricking out
Potting up
Nursery environment
Hardening off
Preparation of ground
Best practice planting techniques
Staking and tree protection
Ongoing maintenance
Seed collection
Tree ID tips
And anything else tree friends can ask...
Program:
10:00 Registration and refreshments
10:15 Introduction of speaker, staff and hosts, safety induction etc
10:30 Kirrilli to talk on general topics
11:00 Demonstration of techniques in potting shed
11:45 Tour of garden and forest
12:15 Return to nursery for final comments and questions
12:30 Finish