It is that time. Join us as we prune our elderberries. We’ll have a great morning learning to prune elderberries and also learning to plant the cuttings. The cost of the class includes a 1/2 lb of honey from the farm and cuttings so you can plant your own elderberries. Please sign up below so we know how many people to expect.
Event Schedule on Saturday, March 8th
Take Aways from the Event
You’ll learn how to
- prune elderberries and make cuttings to plant
- plant elderberries
Experience
- pruning elderberry plants
- planting elderberry cuttings
Bring home (included in the ticket cost)
- enough elderberry cuttings to start your own elderberry patch
- 1 lb of honey from the farm
Agenda on Saturday
9:00 AM – Welcome and Breakfast – breakfast will be sausage biscuits from a local restaurant
9:15-Noon
Demonstration – how to prune elderberry bushesPractical – prune elderberries and take home elderberry cuttings so you can grown your own elderberry plants.
Demonstration – how to plant elderberries
Practical – plant elderberries and comfrey
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