Author Archives: Kim Siebert
Thinning & Footies Workshop
Saturday, June 13th, 2015 This will be a chance to learn and get some hands on experience with thinning and putting footies on the developing apple fruit to deter apple maggot and coddling moth damage. The Board Meeting will take … Continue reading
Change to the Winter Field Day schedule
Susan Dolan is ill and will not be able to speak at the Winter Field Day, so her is an updated schedule. Revised Winter Field Day Schedule
Rootstocks and scionwood available for purchase at the 2015 Winter Field Day
Scionwood and rootstocks Scionwood – $3 Rootstock – $4
Winter Field Day coming March 7, 2015
Join us at our annual Winter Field Day on Saturday, March 7, 2015! We’ll have rootstock and scion wood sales, workshops on pruning and grafting, and Fruit Garden demonstrations on pruning. We hope to see you there!
Apple and Pear Day
Come to our Apple and Pear Day event on Saturday, October 11, 2014 Learn about apple and pear varieties and see a demonstration of how to prune a central leader tree to an open center shape. Sample sweet cider. There … Continue reading
Lee Reich to speak this Saturday, August 9th!
Come out and hear Lee Reich speaking on August 9th, followed by a tour of the espalier in our Fruit Garden. Bring a sack lunch.
Cherry Day is Canceled – Espalier Workshop Instead on Saturday, July 19th 11:00 – 3:00
Espalier Workshop in the Fruit Garden Saturday, July 19th 11:00 – 3:00 $10 for non-members (free to WWFRF members) Preregistration required: contact Kristan Johnson at fruitgarden@olympus.net Bring your pruners! Learn how to help espalier specialist Kristan Johnson prune and shape … Continue reading
Lee Reich to speak in August!
Author Lee Reich will be speaking on “Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden†and leading a subsequent tour of the espalier in the WWFRF demonstration fruit garden, Saturday, August 9, 2014, from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at the Washington State … Continue reading
Prices for Winter Field Day
Scionwood – $3 Rootstock – $4 Grafting – $4
Change in time for Board Meeting
The board meeting to be held on February 8th in the Atrium of the Convention Center in Seattle will begin at 10:00 am instead of 1:00 pm. All members are welcome to attend.