URBAN FRUIT PRODUCTION
"Back By Popular Demand"

JOHN PENNY

Fruit Trees for Containers and Small Gardens

Few gardeners will deny the great pleasure to be gained
from eating sun ripened fruit.

John has been a teacher, a landscaper, a nursery manager and producer of new plants to New Zealand gardeners. He currently works at Waimea Nurseries, with one of his tasks advancing this concept of urban fruit production. He lives on a lifestyle block with a newly planted home orchard of over 150 trees and is currently developing a very large potager surrounded by espaliered fruit trees, while also incorporating many fruit varieties into this kitchen garden.

These two workshops are about ways of growing fruit successfully. More specifically “urban fruit production” involves maximising growing opportunities in areas where space is limited while at the same time creating plants that are aesthetically pleasing. As such it means making right buying selections and taking charge of your trees shape, size and good health. These topics will be covered along with how to espalier and how to grow fruit successfully in containers.

They are intended to help home gardeners, landscapers and garden designers incorporate fruiting plants in their landscape plans and potager designs. Both workshops will cover similar topics but one is designed for those with limited knowledge while the other is geared towards those that have a good basic knowledge of fruit trees. Some practical demonstrations and notes will be provided.