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Eat Local Week 2025- Fruit Tree Paradise Workshop

  • SweetSong Groves 3820 Myrtle Street Sarasota, FL, 34235 United States (map)

Learn How to Grow Food in Your Own Backyard!

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SweetSong Groves is offering a 3-hour class in fruit tree horticulture. It is a complete introduction for both beginning and intermediate growers.

Topics include:

  • The seven basic horticultural concerns

  • Grafted trees — why you (usually) want one

  • Fertilization

  • How to plant

  • How to prune

  • How to select a tree

  • Diseases and insect pests

  • Fruit tree clubs

The topics are illustrated in a hands-on fashion, including a tour of SweetSong’s groves. The emphasis is on non-toxic, ecologically sound methods throughout.

This is one of many events taking place during 2025 Eat Local Week.

Click here for the full Eat Local Week schedule - We'll see you there!

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