Summer Fruit Festival (Third Saturday in August)

Summer Fruit Festival 2012 – August 18, 8:30am to 4:00pm
Featuring an Espalier Symposium

  • Learn to start your espalier orchard or take it to the next level with workshops in the Display Garden, which features a large, mature espalier collection
  • Learn to encourage harvest quality and quantity and discover different forms and methods for training
  • Attend presentations on disease and pest control methods
  • Join us as we demonstrate fruit preparation. A sampling of aronia-flavored sorbet will be available
  • Guest speakers include Chef Graham Kerr, Raintree Nursery owner Sam Benowitz and Northwoods Nursery founder Jim Gilbert

View the flyerschedule, or the press release.

Field Days are free to members, and open to non-members for one-day only fees of $15/individual and $30/family (parents with their small children) at each event. Fees can be paid at the door or in advance with a credit card through PayPal (you don’t need a PayPal account) for an additional $1 service fee:


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20th Anniversary: August 20, 2011

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