• NAFEX Lecture: The Best Apples and Pears for Cider Making

    NAFEX is hosting a Zoom lecture about "The Best Apples and Pears for Cider Making" on February 27 at 6:30 pm CST. NAFEX membership ($19 per year) is required. NAFEX members receive access to current and past Zoom lectures, annual meeting conference videos, and the 

  • Fruit Trees And Brambles Pruning Workshop

    McHenry County College 8900 U.S. 14, Crystal Lake, IL, United States

    PRUNING: FRUIT TREES AND BRAMBLES McHenry County College,  Center for Agrarian Learning Saturday March 16 9 a.m.–Noon Building A, Room A229 $20 Instructor: Rich Tobiasz   This workshop includes a lecture followed by hands-on activity outdoors on the MCC Student Farm. You’ll learn about pruning 

    $20
  • 2024 Grafting Workshop

    Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL

    2024 Grafting Workshop Sunday March 24

  • What’s New in the World of Pawpaws – Zoom Lecture

    NAFEX is hosting a Zoom lecture about What's New in the World of Pawpaws on June 25 at 6:30 pm CST.   NAFEX membership ($19 per year) is required. NAFEX members receive access to current and past Zoom lectures, annual meeting conference videos, and the 

  • NRCS Conservation Practices Field Day

    Reimbursable conservation practices like cover crops, pest management conservation systems, irrigation, soil carbon amendments, raised beds, high tunnels, and stormwater runoff management are now available to small scale urban growers. Extension educators Zack Grant and Kathryn Pereira, along with Growing Home Farm Manager Ezra Lee,  

  • 2024 MidFex Harvest Festival

    Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL

    Full details on Harvest Festival are HERE.

  • 2025 Southwestern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit School

    Barefoot Restaurant 106 S Water Street, Hardin, Illinois

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

    $35
  • Grafting Workshop

    Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL

    Details are here:  2025 Grafting Workshop Sunday March 23

  • Free Community Orchard Maintenance & Care Workshop

    Dean and Barbara White Community Center 6600 Broadway, Merrillville, IN

    See all details here: Free Community Orchard Maintenance & Care Workshop, May 15 - Midwest Fruit Explorers

    Free
  • Chicago Botanic Garden’s Heirloom Fest

    Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL

    Heirloom fest at the Chicago Botanic Garden 2025 - Midwest Fruit Explorers