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2023 Annual Business Meeting

2023 Annual Business Meeting

Event Description: What better way to chase away the winter chill than with a steaming bowl of homemade soup? Our annual business meeting will begin with our annual Soup Bowl Luncheon.  Potluck hot lunch will be followed by election of officers, other club business, and 

2022 Harvest Festival October 15,16

2022 Harvest Festival October 15,16

Event Description: The Fall Harvest Festival at the Chicago Botanic Gardens is our largest public event, fund raiser, and membership drive all rolled into one.  It’s a fun exciting experience and a great opportunity to socialize and network with MidFExers while learning the virtues of 

Apple Cider Social Sunday October 30, 2022

Apple Cider Social Sunday October 30, 2022

Event Description: Cider pressing the old fashioned way with MidFEx’s own cider presses. Apples are available to purchase and press to take home your own handmade cider. Date: Sunday October 30, 2022 Time: 10am – until 5pm Location: See Grapevine or Members Only page Directions: 

Summer Picnic 2022

Summer Picnic 2022

Event Description: The Summer Picnic is a time for MidFEx to come together for a fun afternoon.  This year our host is an innovative urban farm that is educating the community about the environment, agriculture, biodiversity, permaculture, horticulture, gardening, and social justice and health issues. 

Orchard Tour Sunday July 10, 2022

Orchard Tour Sunday July 10, 2022

Event Description: Jeff & Bernie have a small 1/3 acre yard that exhibits Jeff’s interest in fruit growing as well as their shared lifelong interest in gardening with ornamental plants and shrubs.  Their yard is equally divided between shade and sun gardening with grass paths 

Orchard Tour Sunday May 1, 2022

Orchard Tour Sunday May 1, 2022

Event Description: Ben’s and Madeleine’s orchard is just getting started, (about a dozen apple and pear trees on dwarf rootstock, with a few peaches and berry bushes for good measure), but in addition to the trees they also have a vegetable and flower garden and