APAL’s Future Orchards® Winter Series Orchard Walk on Donnybrook’s Golden Mile

Join us at APAL’s Future Orchards® Winter Series of orchard walk Tuesday 7th July 2026, which will focus on "Optimising chemical thinning – taking the guesswork out”.

 Starting at Orchard 1 Sixty Donnybrook, WA

This orchard walk will starts at 11 AM with presentations and lunch at Orchard 1 sixty then crossing the highway for the orchard walk at Joe Giblets Redmoon Orchard.

 Redmoon Orchard South West Highway, DONNYBROOK WA 6239

AgFirst Horticultural Consultants Jonathan Brookes will lead the discussion on this topic and setting the scene for what is expected to be lively discussion and debate around winter/spring management and the opportunities that it presents for fruit quality and labour efficiency.

Graham Hope (Kiwicrunch, NZ) will be joining as our guest on the Southern loop. Graham has been working in the horticulture industry for over 50 years starting in his own family's operation and for the past 25 years he has been the Operations manager for up to 600 hectares of mainly apples but also pears and stonefruit. Throughout Graham's career he has worked through a number of significant changes, both highs and lows and looks forward to sharing his passion for getting the job done on the farm with Australian growers.