Fruit Tree Pruning workshop with Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District

Registration Open for PCSWCD’s Popular Pruning Fruit Trees Workshop
The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) is excited to host CJ
Walke, Orchard Program Manager at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, for
another installment in our orchard series. PCSWCD has been working with CJ for 14 years, bringing
his knowledge and expertise to Piscataquis County! CJ will teach a hands-on workshop on pruning
fruit trees on Saturday, March 14th, 2026, with a weather date on Sunday, March 15th. The workshop
will be held at a private orchard in Parkman, Maine.
Mainers love having their own orchards! Whether you are starting a small orchard, have a few older
trees growing in the front yard or would like to plant fruit trees, this workshop will give you the skills
to prune any age or sized tree. This workshop is all about hands-on learning and participants will be
out in an orchard actively pruning with CJ offering guidance and instruction. Participants will leave
feeling confident and ready to tackle their trees at home. Additionally, CJ will talk about techniques to
help increase fruit yield, protect trees from disease and pests and ways to help your trees flourish.
CJ Walke has years of experience teaching and mastering organic orcharding practices, and has worked
alongside many orcharding experts such as John Bunker of FEDCO Trees and Michael Phillips,
author of The Holistic Orchard, among others. CJ has taught orcharding workshops covering topics
such as grafting, pruning, pest management, restoring and revitalizing old trees and much more.
Registration is required to attend this workshop and spaces are limited to 20 participants. Each year,
the PCSWCD has seen these popular workshops fill to capacity quickly, so we encourage folks who
are interested in attending to be sure to register soon. We have received numerous requests for CJ to
teach a pruning course, so we are happy to fill that demand and provide this workshop in 2026! To
register, please visit our website – www.piscataquisswcd.org. To stay up to date with all the wonderful

programs PCSWCD offers, be sure to like and follow us on Facebook –
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Cut Line: Pruning Flyer – Register today for the PCSWCD’s Pruning Fruit Trees Workshop with CJ
Walke on March 14th!