If your garden club, horticultural society or group is looking for a speaker, Clifford delivers the talks below, last 1hr 15 /30mins plus Q & A.

Talks supported by digital slide show, own equipment (except screen) provided.

Getting the best out of your apple trees

A talk through the challenges faced by Northern fruit growers and what practices should be undertaken to get the best from their apple trees,

Fruit growing in the North of England

A look at the range of fruit that can be grown in the North

Northern Apples

An overview of the apples grown in Yorkshire / Nottinghamshire / Leicestershire, with specific reference to apples of local provenance.

The Pears of Cannon Hall

Cannon Hall at Cawthorne, Barnsley has a walled garden on whose walls grow a collection of espalier pear trees. The talk looks as the cultivars grown and some of the history to the garden.

Pruning fruit trees - where to start.

Fruit tree pruning is a subject that strikes confusion in to many people because their trees do not look like the books.  The aim of the talk is to provide some guidance as to the why's and how to's of pruning fruit trees.

Low input fruit growing

A talk developed for Transitions Leicester, who wanted a talk on coping with climate change and moving out of an oil based economy, with regards to growing fruit.

An Introduction to Apple Identification

There are coming on for 3000 named cultivars of apples grown in the UK, but how can you tell them apart?

Dealing with common pest and diseases of fruit trees

Some people are fortunate enough to have a fruit tree in their garden, but are faced with fruit that is disfigured. This talk aims to show what the problem is and strategies for helping control the problem. Covers conventional and organic techniques.

Grafting fruit trees - a demonstration

As fruit trees do not grow true from seed it is necessary to graft them. Bench grafting of fruit trees is performed when the rootstocks are dormant.  Consequently this talk is only available during February to early April.