Saturday, February 1, 2014
Rain or shine 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds in Boonville
Seed, Scion & Cutting Exchange with Hands-on Fruit Tree Grafting
Classes all day on fruit tree propagation, how to grow fruits & nuts, and how to do seed saving of all kinds of food plants. Learn the tricks of making your own fruit & nut bearing trees, shrubs and vines. You can make your own tree right at the event. Come spend the day with local green thumbs who understand the unique climate zones and soils of our bioregion.
This is a free public service learning event. There is no charge for admission, classes, seeds, cuttings, or scion wood.
Items that will be sold: Lunch, Beverages, Tree Rootstocks, Fruit Trees & Vines.
Free classes: grafting your own fruit trees, top-working and bud grafting, cutting propagation, choosing rootstocks; planting, training, pruning, the localized holistic management perspective, seed saving for vegetables, flowers, and trees.
Seed Exchange: Seeds from local growers of vegetables, flowers, herbs and trees will be available all day, with local seed savers on hand to share local knowledge. Bring seeds to share. Labeled glass jars of bulk seed are preferable. Please label varieties by name, place, harvest date, and any pertinent cultural information. We supply seed envelopes for you to take home seeds.
Scion Exchange: Scions will be available all day, with local experts on hand to answer questions and share “local how to” knowledge. Bring scions to share. We supply over 300 varieties of fruit tree scions.
Rootstock sales: Over 500 tree rootstocks of all major fruit types, for a few dollars each. We select the best rootstocks for our climate and soil so you can build your own high quality fruit trees inexpensively by grafting your chosen scion to the right rootstock. You can also take the scions home to graft on existing fruit trees.
Plant share: everyone is welcome to use our venue to give plants away.
Trees & plants for sale by local growers, selected for our climate zone
Food sales by local people: Lunch, beverages, and snacks
Boonville Winter Market: Relocated from it's normal location for this event - produce, meat, olive oil, value added food, crafts.
Schedule of Events
9:00-4:00 Open tables Scions, seeds, cuttings and selection advice—see workshop map when you arrive
9:30 - 10:30 Class Mark Albert--Basics of Making Your Own Trees & Vines
10:30 - 12:00 Class Tim Bates--Planting, Training, Pruning and Holistic Management of Fruit Plantings
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Salsitas’ Organic Mexican Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 Class Patrick Schafer--Advanced Tree Grafting
2:15 - 3:30 Class Seedsaving Basics--Tom Melcher, an experienced seedsaver
Please bring your own plate, utensils, cups, and napkins to reduce our carbon footprint. Biodegradable sets will also be available for $1.50 each.
This workshop is co-sponsored by Anderson Valley Adult School. More info? Go to mendocinolocalfood.org or call Barbara/Rob Goodell 895-3897; Mark Albert 462-7843; or Richard Jeske 459-5926.
