Grow Great Fruit Home Study Program FAQ

Q: How soon will I experience results?

A: Well, of course fruit growing is seasonal, and fruit trees only produce one crop a year. But your fruit trees need attention throughout the year, especially when we’re talking about building healthy soil, planting trees and that sort of thing.

So what we find is that people start getting more confidence immediately from the first week, because if you become a Gold or Premium member, the information you get straight away, and then every week after that, is the right information for that time of year. So you don’t have to wait a whole year to see if the system is going to work, the confidence starts building pretty quickly.

We’ve also had members go from bare paddock to trees that are ready to bear great organic fruit in just one year, so while we don’t want to make it sound too easy, it’s certainly possible to get amazing results when you apply everything you learn in the program.

Q: Can I share the Grow Great Fruit Home-Study Program with my partner?

A: Of course you can share it with your family, it’s easier and more fun to put this into action if you’re working with someone else. However, we would ask that you don’t share the information outside your own family—we’d rather you recommend your friends join our community as well. Non-members also won’t be able to access the Members’ Home Page.

Q: What happens when I click on the “Select Your Course Now” button?

A: That will take you to our online shop, where you can select the level of membership that will suit you. From there you go through the checkout process, and choose to pay with Paypal or Stripe, which we use as our payment gateways because they offer a secure service, and it means your payment details are kept safe. Once you’ve made your initial payment, you’ll be transferred to the Grow Great Fruit website to get access to the Members’ Home page. You’ll also be sent your very first e-class. From the Members’ Home Page you can start learning straight away by reading the e-books, watching Masterclasses, downloading the Organic Resource Pack, and checking out the other great member-only resources.

Q: Will I get value if I only have a few trees?

A: Yes indeed! You’re one of the main people we had in mind when we wrote the program. In fact, you can get the most value out of it, because the fewer trees you have, the more important it is that you get good results. If you have a lot of trees you can more easily carry mistakes and failures, because you’ll probably still get some fruit. However, if you have less than 10 trees, say, it’s much more important to get those trees really productive and fruitful as fast as possible, so you’re getting a good return on the time you put into them.

Q: Does the program finish after 1 year?

A: Many of our members choose to stay beyond the first year because they find the weekly reminders about what jobs they should be doing really useful. They also want continued access to the Grow Great Fruit community as they gain skills and confidence. It’s essentially a year-long program, but we have many members who have chosen to stay with us for more than 2 years, and some life members. There’s also a graduate program you can move to, which we make available after 1 year.

Q: Do you do site visits?

A: We’d love to, but with members all over the country, it’s not a service we can offer. However, the one-on-one consultations for Premium members can work in the same way.  We can do the consultation on a video platform (like Zoom). You can take us into your garden or orchard on your smartphone or another device (as long as your signal is good enough), so we can look at specific trees. We’ve given many ‘virtual’ pruning lessons that way!