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The Oxhill News

May 2010

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Growing Better Fruit

An evening with John Edgeley

Horticultural Crops Consultant, Writer and Lecturer

Thursday 27th May at 7.30 – 9.30 in Tysoe Village Hall

You are invited to a presentation by one of the leading fruit experts in the Midlands.  In his talk, John will cover the basics of growing fruit crops including soil preparation, planting, crop husbandry and harvesting.  John has many years of experience in the field, was Senior Lecturer in Crop Technology at Pershore College and a college lecturer for over 30 years.  He is a member of the RHS Fruit Trials Assessment Panel, and is vice-chairman of the RHS Fruit Group (Midlands) and the West Midlands Top Fruit Discussion Group.

After a break for refreshments, the WOT2Grow Community Orchard working group will report on progress with the development of the scheme, including grant application, location of the orchard, how membership will work, and our next steps.

Tickets for the evening cost £4 (under 16s free)

For tickets please contact:

Whatcote:
Liz Atkinson (01295 680045)

Oxhill:
Derek Harbour (01295 680676),
Paul Sayer (01295 680451)

Tysoe:
Sue & Mike Sanderson (01295 688080),
Graham Collier (01295 680127),
Sam Littlewood (01295 688137)

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