Garden Pests and How to Control Them: Population Ecology
Kyneton, Victoria KynetonCome on a mini-beast safari and learn more about the creatures, who may call your garden home! Pest control becomes easy when you change your perspective from having a garden to having an ecosystem. Develop understanding of population dynamics and pest predator interactions and how nature corrects imbalances. Look at how common pests can be […]
Fruit Tree Grafting, Seed Saving and Pollination: Plant Propagation
Kyneton, Victoria KynetonPlant reproduction is essential to our food production systems. Delve into the world of pollination and understand why some plants need cross pollinators and others are self-fertile. Understand vegetative methods of plant propagation, including different types of cuttings. Learn how to graft fruit trees and how to choose the right rootstock. Explore seed saving, and […]
Fruit Tree Pruning and Plant Manipulation
Kyneton, Victoria KynetonUnderstanding that the underlying principles of plant physiology can make all the difference to the activities we perform in the garden. Knowing the function of apical meristems and how they relate to pruning, will finally give you the confidence to tackle those fruit trees. We will explore the functions of the cambium layer, bark and […]