Workshops

Pruning Fruit Trees, Orchard Establishment and Management

NB - Date to be decided, phone for details.

Learn how to prune apple trees, rejuvenate an old fruit tree, and design, plant and maintain a new orchard. Includes tour of young and mature orchards.

Location: Gortnamucklagh Woodland Farm, Skibbereen.

Contact: Paul McCormick & Jacinta French on 028 23384

Email: woodkernenurseries@eircom.net

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Seaweed Day

NB - date to be decided - please phone for details

Collect and identify seaweed on the Turk Head peninsula. Learn how to cook delicious dishes with this free healthy food.

Location: To be decided – phone for details

Contact: Christine Thery on 028 38379

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Tree Seed Saving

Learn how to identify, collect and store the seed of native trees and how to prepare them for germination and planting. Start your own native woodland the best way with trees grown from local seeds.

Location: Gortnamucklagh Woodland Farm, Skibbereen

Contact: Paul McCormick & Jacinta French on 028 23384

Email: woodkernenurseries@eircom.net

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Forest Foods

Enjoy a relaxing walk in beautiful woodland whilst identifying edible fungi and plants and learning how to cook them. Discover what’s safe to eat and when to exercise caution! You’ll be amazed at the wonderful free food available at this time of year.

Location: To be decided – phone for details

Contact: Eric Rhodes on 028 38886

Email: sligenamara@eircom.net

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Vegetable Seed Saving

Help preserve our heritage varieties by saving your own seeds. You’ll learn about the biology of pollination and how to separate, dry and store your own seed. You’ll also be developing West Cork’s unique local food.

Location: Madeline McKeever’s, Church Cross, Skibbereen

Contact: Madeline McKeever on 028 38184

Email: madsmckeever@eircom.net

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About the Workshops

All Workshops:

  • Cost only €25
  • PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PACKED LUNCH
  • Start at 11am (arrive 10.45am for refreshments)
  • We will finish around 4.30pm
  • There are limited places
  • Please book in advance by phoning or emailing the course host.

Download a printable copy of the 2006 Workshops

Workshops 2006 (63kb Adobe pdf file)

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