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.
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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....
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Cherry Day is Canceled – Espalier Workshop Instead on Saturday, July 19th...
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...
View ArticleLee 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.
View ArticleApple 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...
View ArticleWinter 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...
View ArticleRootstocks and scionwood available for purchase at the 2015 Winter Field Day
Scionwood and rootstocks Scionwood – $3 Rootstock – $4
View ArticleChange 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
View ArticleThinning & 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....
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Apple and Pear Day changed to September 26th
Due to the unusually warm weather this year the fruit is ripening early and we are moving the Apple and Pear Day up by 2 weeks. Apple and Pear Day Saturday, September 26th 11:00am – 2:00 pm Sample...
View ArticleBoard Meeting changed to November 21
All members are welcome to attend the board meeting. We will meet on November 21 from 9 am to 3 pm in Seattle at Sue Williams’ home. Potluck lunch. For directions email info@wwfrf.org.
View ArticleWinter Field Day coming!
Join us at our annual Winter Field Day on Saturday, March 5, 2016! We’ll have rootstock and scion wood sales, workshops on pruning and grafting, and Fruit Garden demonstration on pruning UFU cherries...
View ArticleMarch 5th Winter Field Day schedule change
The 1:30 – 2:20 pm demonstration of Pruning Freestanding Cherry Trees, which takes place in the Fruit Garden and which was originally to be done by Dr. Bob Norton, will now be done by Bob Baines.
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Blueberry Mulch
The Fruit Garden volunteers have recently finished putting a layer of biodegradable mulch covered with several inches of sawdust on the blueberry beds. This should not only help suppress weeds, but it...
View ArticleVolunteer in the Fruit Garden April 20th
On April 20th from 9-noon come out to the Fruit Garden and help with pruning, looking for tent caterpillars and transplanting young trees.
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Come help in the Fruit Garden this week!
On May 5th from 9 am to noon we will finish thinning the pears and we will start thinning the apples. There are a number of trees in the nursery that will be planted. We will continue to look for...
View ArticleKiwi pruning and fruit sampling July 23, 2016
Bob Glanzman, also known as Kiwibob, will be demonstrating the summer pruning of hardy kiwis, and also talking about growing figs here in the PNW in the Fruit Garden on Saturday, July 23rd, beginning...
View ArticleThis Thursday in the Fruit Garden
Come help out in the Fruit Garden! By Tom Wake We have a very large fruit set so we Fruit Garden volunteers will continue thinning this Thursday from 9 am to noon. The honey berries are turning blue...
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Summer Workshop in 10 days!
Saturday, July 16th. Registration begins at 10:10 am, pruning demo starts at 10:30 am in our Fruit Garden, at 16650 State Route 536, Mount Vernon. If your kiwis are getting out of hand, be sure to join...
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