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• HERITAGE APPLES SALES

  • Start
    Mon, February 04, 2019
  • End
    Tue, April 30, 2019
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    ROSE CAFE, 25 RAILWAY PLACE, FAIRFIELD, VIC

  We have a small surplus of apples, and are selling them via the Rose Cafe in Fairfield. $6 per kilo.

  Warning - there may or may not be apples available.

  
  

  Heritage apples are also available from the cafe at Petty's Orchard, 1 Monckton Rd, Templestowe. Open Thursday - Sunday 9 - 5.
  

  
  

  Further information 0449 508 318
  

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• Heritage Apple Tasting @ Pettys Orchard

  • When
    Sun, April 28, 2019
  •  
    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Pettys Orchard Heritage Apple Collection. Bookings Essential.
  • Spaces left
    17

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  Come to Pettys Orchard in Templestowe to sample the seasonal flavours of the Heritage Apple Collection at an Apple Tasting afternoon at 3 PM.
  
    Approximately 15 varieties available for tasting. These will be late-season apples - really starting to develop that full flavour of old-fashioned apples! Orchard tour included. Event runs for approx. 2 hours. Further details emailled after registration and payment.
  
  Come and try, perhaps for the first time, some of over two hundred varieties grown in the Heritage Apple Collection at Pettys Orchard
  
  All funds received go toward the maintenance and expansion of the collection. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Collection Maintenance & Discussion

  • When
    Wed, May 01, 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Pettys Orchard

  Apples will be nearly gone but there will still be some to pick and taste. We also plan to burn some of our pile of prunings. General maintenance.
  

  We always discuss plans for the orchard - what and when to plant, and how we can improve protection and condition of our trees - & we encourage new input.

  Wednesday working bees are normally the first and third Wednesdays. Please register so you receive an email the Monday before - occasionally we cancel if there is little to do or the weather is lousy. Cancelled on days of total fire-ban in the Central District.
  

  This is a free event. You do not need to book and no experience is necessary, but we do ask that you email fsurr@tpg.com.au to let us know you are coming.
  
  Coffee, tea and refreshments are provided.
  
  Wear sturdy boots and clothing, as well as a hat and sunscreen as we are often examining trees.
  
  

  
  

  Address: Cnr Homestead & Monckton Rds, Templestowe, 3106 Victoria, Australia.

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• Orchard Maintenance Workshop

  • When
    Sun, May 05, 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Pettys Orchard

  The last of the apples will be ready to pick. Possibly grass cutting by mower and whipper-snipper. More pruning of trees, watering, weeding, other maintenance tasks. Discussion and planning over coffee.
  

   Work with our experienced volunteers and learn some new skills.

  
  

  
  This is a free event. You do not need to book and no experience is necessary. Contact heritagefruitssociety@gmail.com for further information.
  
  Coffee, tea and refreshments are provided.
  
  Wear sturdy boots and clothing, as well as a hat and sunscreen. If you wish, you can bring a pair of gardening gloves and your own secateurs, preferably with your name clearly written on them.
  

  
  

  Address: cnr Homestead and Monckton Rds, Templestowe, 3106 Victoria, Australia.

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