Growing Fruit in Small Spaces

Make the Most of Limited Growing Space

Discover how to cultivate delicious fruit in even the tiniest of gardens. This hands-on course will guide you through selecting suitable fruit varieties, training techniques, and space-saving methods to maximise your harvest. Perfect for urban gardeners and those with limited outdoor space.

What will the course cover?

We will explore how fruit can be grown in small gardens and allotments. Both tree fruit and soft fruit can be trained along walls, fences and frames. Summer pruning techniques will keep fruit trees smaller.

This course covers:

• The space and light needed by various types of fruit
• Which types of fruit to select
• The support structures needed, this is often overlooked
• How to train and prune trees and soft fruit to keep them small

Short tours will look at various examples of fruit growing. We will walk for about a mile in the day. Presentations will look at other examples. You will have the opportunity to ask questions about your own site or situation.

Who is the course for?

The course is open to anyone over the age of 16, and no prior knowledge is necessary. This course is for you if you have a small garden and want to know what fruit can grow and how to grow it.

The tours will involve under one mile of walking. Do dress appropriately, as we are not deterred by poor weather conditions.

Where possible we aim to make our courses accessible to people with physical and learning issues. Please contact us before booking if you think something might affect your ability to take part in this course.

About Brighton Permaculture:

Brighton Permaculture Trust is a charity that promotes greener lifestyles and sustainable development through design. We run courses and events and apply permaculture principles to our projects.

They are run by an experienced team of volunteers and permaculturists, supported by a management group and trustees, and resourced through course/event fees, grants and donations.

Booking:

Booking is essential, as most of these courses/events are fully booked weeks in advance. However, if places are still available, then bookings can be made until midday the day before the course/event. A place is not secured until we have received the requested payment.

Fees:

Brighton Permaculture Fees include tuition, refreshments, handouts and information sheets.

• • £175 – Sponsored/organisation rate
  • £175 – Individual income more than 25k/yr
  • £140 – Individual income 18-25k/yr
  • £105 – Individual income less than 18k/yr
  • £56 – Individual, concessionary rate (check your eligibility)*

* Concessionary places are limited. If places are not available check back two weeks before the course/event as more may be available then.

Brighton Permaculture endeavour to make our courses and events affordable to all. Unfortunately, they do not receive any external funding for most of these and rely on large amounts of voluntary input.