Curriculum Vitae
Trained in (Cert) Fruit Cultivation by the Fruit Department of the Royal Horticultural Society at their main Garden in Wisley, Surrey - 1 year sole apprentice.
I have undertaken many pruning contracts for small and large scale cider and dessert apple growers.
I have undertaken many pruning contracts for small and large scale cider and dessert apple growers.
- Norwood Park, Southwell Notts, 7000 tree commercial Bramley and Cox orchards -sole regular contractor summer and winter pruning.
- Greggs Pitt, award winning cider maker, Much Marcle, - restoration of orchard.
- Dragon Orchard, a Community Supported Agriculture cider and desert apple farm – providing training for 30 cropsharers, as well as annual contract work and formative pruning of five acre orchard. .
- Marcher Apple Network training for 30 members at their museum plot, Tredomen orchard, Powys as well as contract pruning at a further 3 museum orchards.
- Coed Cymru and Centre for Alternative Land Use, fruit and veg smallholding - training to staff and smallholders.
- Lincolnshire County Council - Cross O'Cliff Orchard - restoration of old orchard and formative pruning of young trees on 4 acre site.
- Lincolnshire Museum of Rural Life - restoration of old orchard.
- Tickmore Apple Juice Company, nr Tenbury Wells, pruning of 7 acre desert apple orchard.
- Pruning of cider orchards for many contract growers for Bulmers, Dunkertons and Westons cider.
- Bromsberrow estate, nr Ledbury - restoration of old cherry orchard and 6 acre cider and perry orchard.
- Salters Hill charity, Herefordshire - a charity that provides home and support for young rural people with learning difficulties. Training to staff - restoration of old orchards.
- Worcestershire Wildlife Trust Melrose Farm and Nature reserve - training of staff and volunteers in orchard restoration at their nature reserve ancient orchard - a Site of Special Scientific Status (SSSI). Hilltop Farm nature reserve - formative pruning and training of young trees. Completion of a 3 year project to Restore a 7 acre SSSI status orchard managed by the Trust.
- Sherwood Forest Trust - Training for staff and orchard owners in all aspects of fruit tree pruning - January 2010.
- Colwall Orchard Project - orchard restoration workshop for volunteer group.
- Primrose farm Earth Awareness Trust, training for staff and volunteers - stone fruit pruning and cultivation.
- Presteigne Community Orchard, Powys - training of volunteers in orchard management.
- Madeley Community Orchard, Telford - training for volunteers and staff - formative pruning of young apple trees.
- Franklin Community Orchard, Leicester - training for staff and volunteers in formative pruning of newly planted apple trees.