Pruning Workshop with Martin Hayes on February 21st

Gweithdy Tocio gyda Martin Hayes ar Dydd Sadwrn 21fed Chwefror

1pm start finish 4pm.

Dechrau am 1yp, beni am 4yp.

The Forest Garden will be open for normal visiting and volunteering tasks from 10am.  Lunch time is 12.00 – 1pm bring your own lunch. Tea, coffee & cake provided.

Bydd yr Ardd Goedwig ar agor fel arfer i ymwelwyr a gwirfoddolwyr o 10yb.  Amser cinio 12.00-1yp – Dewch a pecyn bwyd eich hyn.  Bydd te, coffi a chacen yn cael eu darparu.

The pruning workshop is Free for volunteers of Naturewise otherwise a donation of £20.00 is requested. Martin Hayes is a distinguished teacher and has immense experience over many years. A must short course for anyone longing to know how to prune. 

You will learn the kinds of shape you are helping the tree to create, and this will help you understand the pruning methods. 

Please book in with Claire Turner:  Claire@naturewise.org.uk 

Mae’r gweithdy Tocio yn rhad ac am ddim i wirfoddolwyr cyson Naturewise, gofynwn am rhodd o £20 o pawb arall.  Mae Martin Hayes yn athro nodedig ac mae ganddo brofiad helaeth dros nifer o flynyddoedd. Cwrs byr hanfodol i unrhyw un sy’n awyddus i wybod sut i docio. Byddwch yn dysgu’r mathau o siâp rydych chi’n helpu’r goeden i’w greu, a bydd hyn yn eich helpu i ddeall y dulliau tocio.

Archebwch gyda Claire Turner ar Claire@naturewise.org.uk 

Last year we had a most wonderful day with Martin. The depth of his knowledge and experience seemed bottomless. After sometime in a ‘classroom’ environment where Martin explained and demonstrated the basics and theory of pruning we moved into the Forest Garden. Here Martin showed us the practicalities of how to prune while telling us all his thought processes while working on several apple trees. We then split up into small groups to tackle more of the trees; where Martin would come and supervise when we asked for help.

It was a fun and productive day: we learned so much that our brains were overflowing. We are so pleased to have him back at Naturewise once again.

Y llynedd cawsom ddiwrnod gwych gyda Martin. Roedd dyfnder ei wybodaeth a’i brofiad yn ymddangos yn ddiddiwedd. Ar ôl peth amser mewn amgylchedd ‘ystafell ddosbarth’ lle esboniodd a dangosodd Martin hanfodion a theori tocio, symudon ni i’r Ardd Goedwig. Yma dangosodd Martin yn ymarferol sut i docio a mynd trwy ei holl brosesau meddwl wrth weithio ar sawl coeden afal. Yna fe wnaethon ni rannu’n grwpiau bach i fynd i’r afael â mwy o’r coed; lle byddai Martin yn dod i oruchwylio pan ofynnon ni am help.

Roedd yn ddiwrnod hwyl a chynhyrchiol: dysgon ni gymaint nes bod ein hymennydd yn gorlifo. Rydym mor falch o’i gael yn ôl yn Naturewise unwaith eto.