Viburnum training day

At the beginning of September

OFFGA ran a viburnum opulus training day which was hosted by Vania Riddington from Eastoveden gardens .

Around 15 people attended the morning session and was well received by the growers involved .

Vania gave a grading demonstration explaining grades, quality, packing and post harvest treatments used at Eastoveden.

This led to a question and answer session which growers shared and discussed their experiences with Viburnum Opulus.

Following this talk the group took a walk around Eastoveden

where they were shown how Eastoveden spread their crop flowering over a 6 week period. Also discussed was pruning, stem die back, leaf virus and crop spraying.

With many new growers in attendance it was a well timed workshop pre-viburnum season, which as many of us know can be a very full on crop once it starts .