Mediterranean Garden Society
Mediterranean Garden Society
The Corfu Branch of the MGS
Corfu Branch Joint Heads are Rosey Boehm and Christina Lambert. Members and prospective members please contact them by email with questions, ideas, suggestions.
Ελληνικό ιστότοπος του MGS
Forthcoming Events
Saturday 23 November - Sgombou
Pruning basics workshop
At the Workshop we will give a short presentation about the basics principles and techniques of pruning including:
After this presentation we will demonstrate the principles in Valerie’s garden at Casa Lucia and then guide you through the process as you practice various techniques. Please bring your own secateurs.
There will be two sessions of two hours (subject to demand): 10.00 to 12.00 or 13.00 to 15.00.
Please email us with which session you would like to attend. If either time suits please let us know as we may need to consolidate numbers into one group. Numbers will be limited.
Directions to Casa Lucia.
Please note that this is a basic pruning workshop. We will not be covering specific pruning - such as for fruit trees or topiary.
November - Excursion to Athens - Dates to be annonced
We are planning a trip to Athens to visit gardens, including Sparoza; the home of the Mediterranean Garden Society, the Vorres Museum, a succulent nursery, and a plant nursery with an array of amazing gardens. If you are interested please email us so we can start planning.
Past Events
Saturday 16th March 2024
The First MGS Corfu Branch Event
It was a beautiful day for the inaugural event of the Corfu Branch of the Mediterranean Garden Society held at Dr Kavvadias Organic Farm, a few kilometres north of Corfu Town.
More than 80 people attended the event. Many of them already knew each other and some had not seen each other for some time and there was a lot of catching up to do.
Christina Lambert and Rosey Boehm gave a 10 minute introduction about the MGS and introduced themselves to the group. Following this Apostolos Kavvadias - owner and manager of the farm which produces multi-award winning organic olive oil, led us to a magnificent old olive tree in the olive grove. He gave a talk about when, why and how he cuts his olive trees to ensure that they produce a crop of olives every year. His assistant, up in the tree, gave a demonstration of the pruning of the tree.
He then answered many questions about looking after the trees, olive oil production and pressing, managing the olive groves and so on. We spent some time talking about using all the waste left over from the production of olive oil - the pruned matter from the trees themselves as well as the skins and stones left over from the pressing being put back on the land to feed the soil. Unfortunately the olive branches are usually burnt, adding to air pollution and global warming, what a waste of a precious resource - food for the soil
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