Public Event

Club members might be interested in following the University of Illinois Extension’s Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Growers Blog. If you are growing fruit you will find many interesting articles and topics with a local focus. You can read the posts here: Commercial Fruit and Vegetable …

Event Description: Find out what grafting fruit trees is all about.  Learn the whys and hows with experienced grafters.  A variety of member donated scion wood will be available.  The purpose of the grafting workshop is to learn how to graft. Nonmember beginners will learn …

Event Date(s): February 11, 2025Event Time: 8:30 AM – 1:30 PMLocation: Barefoot Restaurant, 106 S Water St., Hardin, IL 62047Event Fee: $35.00 Support the success of your tree fruit operation with practical research-tested best practices from industry experts at the 2025 Commercial Tree Fruit School. …

NAFEX is hosting three days of online sessions Nov. 7-9 via ZOOM. Session topics include: Outside the Cider Apple Box(David Carr of Raging Cider) No Land, No Problem. Growing with minimal space(Lee Reich) Old Southern Apples & New Opportunities(Jason Bowen, Horne Creek Farm and Josh …

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 …

Event Description: Find out what grafting fruit trees is all about.  Learn the whys and hows with experienced grafters.  A variety of member donated scion wood will be available.  The purpose of the grafting workshop is to learn how to graft. Nonmember beginners will learn …

The North American Fruit Explorers annual meeting is virtual for 2023. This is a good opportunity to check out a NAFEX meeting without the travel. This will be three days of inspiring and informative sessions for fruit growers. All conference details are HERE. The full …

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 …

Event description: This event is a follow-up summer pruning session on 25 young fruit trees plantedas an edible trail in 2019 and pruned, with the Club’s help, at an event this past March. This summer pruning session is intended to further shape the trees and …