Garden Club for Backyard Fruit Growers
Apple Cider Social
Cider Press at Al Cosnow’s House
Sunday November 3rd, 2024 10 am to 3 PM CST
**Note: Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 AM on Nov 3rd
Details HERE.
Attending a grafting workshop is one of the principal educational benefits of being a fruit explorer. We will NOT have extras of most of these roots at the workshops so order 2 or 3 times as many trees as you think you have space for. …
Cider Press Available to Members at Ben Warlick’s House After years of excellent Cider Socials at Al Cosnow’s house, we have a new venue for 2025—Ben Warlick has offered to host the Cider Social this year at his garage. Thanks, Ben for stepping up! Event …
MidFex members come from Wisconsin around the Lake over to Michigan. This year club members gathered for our annual Summer Picnic just south of the Illinois-Wisconsin border at the Rudawski family farm near Harvard, Illinois. Turning off the gravel road and up the hill to …
MidFEx has been invited to participate in the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Heirloom Fest on August 23-24. This is the third year we have been asked to participate by the Garden, and is a great opportunity to recruit new members and show off our Club to …
Latest Details: The date is Sunday July 20, 2025. Setup is at 11am or earlier as needed and lunch starts at 12 noon. Check the Members Only page for event location. Event Description: The Summer Picnic is a time for MidFEx to get together for …
Tour an eco-friendly suburban garden in La Grange, hosted by Veronica T. The garden is only 3 years old, so you can see what the fruit looks like at a young age, giving you an idea of what to expect in the near-term. She’s growing …
On April 11, 2025 several club members went over to Studio Gang, the Chicago studio for Jeannie Gang’s architectural practice. The world famous architect just published a book titled: ‘The Art of Architectural Grafting’. So she wanted to show her talented staff what real grafting …
Event Description: The Club’s annual potluck business meeting day is Sunday, January 26, 2025. 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 …
Event Description: Do you have more apples than you know what to do with? Do some have blemishes or minor insect damage that would prevent you from eating them raw? Instead of tossing them into the compost heap bring then to the cider social and …
NOTE: This event was rescheduled due to weather from 9/22. Event Description: Shelly Kibbler has invited MidFEx members to her place to help her prune some of her young fruit trees. Experienced members will be on hand to demonstrate pruning strategies and techniques, and provide …