Followup Pruning Workshop

This event is a followup summer pruning session on 25 young fruit trees planted as an edible trail in 2019. They were pruned is last March, with the club's help. Further summer pruning will be performed at this event on Saturday, August 5th at 10am. 

Orchard Walk: Apples on Oak

ATTENTION: This event has been rescheduled, the new date is Sunday September 24, 2023.Event Description: Join us for an Orchard Walk: Apples on Oak. Larry Peceniak, one of our Kurle Memorial Lecture speakers this year, has generously agreed to take us on a tour of 

MidFex Harvest Festival

Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL

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2023 MidFex Harvest Festival

Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL

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

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 

NAFEX Annual Meeting

North American Fruit Explorers will hold their annual meeting via Zoom on November 9-11, 2023.  Free for NAFEX members. Check their website for the latest details:  https://nafex.org/    

2024 Annual Business Meeting

The Club's annual potluck business meeting day is Sunday, January 14, 2024. 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 

2024 Kurle Memorial Lecture – Deirdre Birmingham, The Cider Farm

Session #1. Deirdre Birmingham, The Cider FarmDeirdre Birmingham is an owner and orchard manager of The Cider Farm, a certified organic cider orchard in Mineral Point Wisconsin growing cider apples for cider and brandy production.They started with hand-grafted varieties of French and English cider apples. 

Pruning Workshop

Pruning Workshop – Sunday February 11th