Member Event

The first wine club event is scheduled for April 26th in the southwest suburbs. Wine club is a small gathering of members to taste fruit wine (all kinds), eat fruit snacks, talk about fruit, and build fruit community. There are a limited number of spaces, …

Event Description: The Club’s annual potluck business meeting day is Sunday, February 15, 2026. 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 …

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 …