3961 COUNTY RD. 114, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO 81601 | To book an appointment please call 970-718-2781
Roaring Fork Valley
Fruit Tree Pruning Workshops 2025
Hosted by UpRoot Colorado, Colorado Edible Forest, Pitkin County Open Space, & CSU Extension
Join us this spring for a series of free fruit tree pruning workshops throughout the valley!
Learn a new skill and get a free pruning tool.
Instruction in English with Spanish translation available upon request.
Saturday March 1st
Silt, CO
12:00pm - 4:00pm​​
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1215148524949
"Rain date": Sunday, March 2nd
Saturday March 8th
Thunder River area between Glenwood Springs, CO and Carbondale, CO
12:00pm - 4:00pm​​
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1215171814609
"Rain date": Sunday, March 9th

Saturday March 22nd
Thunder River area between Glenwood Springs, CO and Carbondale, CO
12:00pm - 4:00pm​​
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1215182386229
"Rain date": Sunday, March 23rd
Saturday March 29th
Basalt/Emma, CO
12:00pm - 4:00pm​​
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1215183810489
"Rain date": Sunday, March 30th

BONUS Fruit Tree Pruning Volunteer Day
Saturday Feburary 8th
Roaring Fork High School
2270 CO-133 Carbondale, CO
12:00pm - 4:00pm​​
To RSVP email mariah.foley@colostate.edu

Colorado Mountain College
Community Education Class
Pruning, Grafting, and Tools
Part I
Tool sharpening and understanding fruit tree grafting. Hands-on in the classroom: learn how to sharpen various garden tools using various sharpening equipment. Slideshow in the classroom: science behind fruit tree grafting, common fruit tree rootstocks, introduction to grafting methods.
Part II
Fruit tree pruning, shrub pruning, and scionwood collection. Slideshow in the classroom: understand the rationale for pruning fruit trees and berry bushes, pruning principles and rules of thumb, and scionwood collection. Hands-on at a local orchard: demonstration and practice of fruit tree pruning, shrub pruning, and scionwood collection.
Part III
Fruit tree propagation by grafting. Hands-on in the classroom: demonstration of various grafting methods and the opportunity to graft your own trees with personal instruction. Hands-on at a local orchard: demonstration of field grafting on fruit trees planted in the landscape.
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Saturday, February 15th, 12:00-4:00pm
Saturday, March 15th, 12:00-4:00pm
Saturday, April 12th, 12:00-4:00pm
To register, visit https://coloradomtn.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=534