• Citriculture & general horticulture
• Field evaluations, and reports
• Nursery design, planning, and propagation
• Orchard field evaluations

Tolley's Nurseries consultancy with individual growers and consortiums in orchards and nurseries include clients in USA (Florida and California), South Africa, Indonesia, Malaysian States including Terengganu, Thailand, Egypt, Fiji and Australia. Over several years Ian has acted as Lead Consultant with GTZ (German Aid Group) in top national planning to restructure the citrus industries of Thailand and Egypt.

Our orchard consultancy services are based on a broad-scale practical experience in a wide range of tree crops - in particular citrus, stone fruits, olives, and vines.

Some examples are:

• Project design
• Evaluation of soil types, drainage and irrigation design
• Detailed orchard design and planning
• Specialist advice on citrus root stocks
• Selection of varieties and potential performance
• Herbicides and nutrients
• Pest and disease management
• Tree shaping/pruning

Our consultancy undertakes field evaluation inspection relating to the case, detailed reports and photographs of problems are provided to clients.

Complaints and problems may relate to the following examples: irrigation, drainage; damage from herbicides or sprays, crop damage from chemical applications, damage to plantings by machinery; claims re planting material etc.

Mediation representation can be undertaken at Solicitor/client request. Expert Witness services provided at Solicitor/client request.

Our consultancy services are based on wide experience of nurseries ranging from open-ground growing to high-tech container-growing under-cover.

Some examples of areas where we offer client assistance are:

• Planning, expansion, and/or nursery reconstruction
• Evaluation of sites and structures
• Specialist nursery problem-solving advice
• Irrigation, drainage, hygiene
• Pest and disease management
• Logistics, technology and quality production
• Materials and potting media
• Propagation training
• Nursery training courses

Practical propagation training courses can be designed to assist the new propagator, as well as structured for the more experienced nurseryman.

Nursery training courses can be tailored to small groups
(4-6 people) to cover a range of general nursery management techniques such as nursery hygiene; potting, pruning techniques, or for an optional propagation course on budding, micro-budding, grafting, top-working, and tool maintenance.