Garden Club for Backyard Fruit Growers
Event Description: Just because you plant a fruit tree doesn’t mean you get to eat the fruit when you have to contend with nature. Kevin learned the hard way that planning is a large part of adequately defending your orchard from four-legged pests (Chipmunks to …
Event Description: MidFEx pruning workshops provide a unique opportunity to hear varying pruning techniques and philosophies discussed and see them demonstrated. We will be pruning 3 year old fruit trees planted along a public edible trail. Many new fruit growers are perplexed about when and how to …
Presented as a 3-part Zoom series. These Zoom sessions can be accessed through Zoom.us or the Zoom app. Session #1. Ronald Perry Professor Emeritus Ronald Perry, Retired Chairman of the Horticulture Department of Michigan State University, returns to the Kurle Lectern to provide espalier growing …
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 Description: 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 be followed by election of officers, other club business, and …
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: Cider pressing the old fashioned way with MidFEx’s own cider presses. Apples are available to purchase and press to take home your own handmade cider. Date: Sunday October 30, 2022 Time: 10am – until 5pm Location: See Grapevine or Members Only page Directions: …
Event Description: The Summer Picnic is a time for MidFEx to come together for a fun afternoon. This year our host is an innovative urban farm that is educating the community about the environment, agriculture, biodiversity, permaculture, horticulture, gardening, and social justice and health issues. …
Event Description: Jeff & Bernie have a small 1/3 acre yard that exhibits Jeff’s interest in fruit growing as well as their shared lifelong interest in gardening with ornamental plants and shrubs. Their yard is equally divided between shade and sun gardening with grass paths …
