Calendar
Sept 4 th, Saturday: STFS Garden Tours
SW Seattle - 1 garden
Tracey Bernal
address: seattletreefruitsociety@hotmail.com
Time: 10 am to 1 pm
Description: Tracey is a gardener by profession. Espalier pear and fig; quince, apples, raspberries, persimmon and vegie garden, as well as herbs and flowers.
Sept 11th, Saturday: STFS Garden Tours
Contact: Sandy (206)522-8965 bowman@seanet.com
Addresses will be available soon.
Sept 18th STFS Member Meeting
Contact: seattletreefruitsociety@hotmail.com
Will be at the Friends of Piper Orchard’s Festival of Fruit at Carkeek Park!
http://pipersorchard.wordpress.com/category/festival-of-fruit/
Piper Orchard’s Fall Festival of Fruit!
For more Info: http://pipersorchard.wordpress.com/category/festival-of-fruit/
Bring your best apple pie.
We will hold our meeting at the usual time with lectures on Apple ID and Cider Making. After the meeting our members are welcome to stay and participate in the Cider Pressing, Orchard Tours, pie contest & café that will follow in the same room. Bring your family and friends. The Public is encouraged to come.
Time: 9:30-2 pm
Location: Carkeek Park Meeting Room
9:30 Announcements- STFS to host
10am - Best Apple Pie Contest Entries for Judging
10 Lecture - Cider Making with ‘Dr. Bob Norton’
11 break for talk and snacks- STFS to host
11:30 Current Events in the Piper Orchard
All Day FOPO to host the Cider Pressing, Orchard Tours, pie contest & café
September 18th, Saturday – Magnuson Park Orchard – 3rd Saturday Work Party
Donuts and cider for volunteers!
Time: 10-2
Location: Magnusson Park P-Patch Orchard next to the Brigg.
Bring: Water, snack, Pruners
Contact: Tim Keller timothykeller@mac.com
October 3rd, Saturday – Salt Spring Island’s Apple Festival
Time: 9-5
Location: Salt Spring Island, BC
Contact: http://www.saltspringmarket.com/apples/
October 2nd and 3rd, Saturday and Sunday – Cloud Mountain’s Annual Fall Fruit Festival
An annual event for the past 21 years, we have over 200 varieties of fruit and fruit products for you to taste and enjoy. Live music provides the background to this event, and Julia’s Pumpkin Patch is open for U-pick and we pick pumpkins at the Festival and throughout the month of October.
Time: Saturday 10-5, Sunday 11-4
Location: Cloud Mountain Nursery 6906 Goodwin Rd. Everson, WA 98247
Contact: 360 966-5859 info@cloudmountainfarm.com
October 9th, Saturday - WWFRF Sample the Apple and Pear harvest - Cider Tasting
Time: 11:00 am
For more info: http://www.wwfrf.org/sample-apple-harvest.htm
October 9th, Saturday – Vashon Fruit Club ‘Fall Fruit Show’ ‘Ciderfest’
Time: 1:00pm Contact dawn.perlman@yahoo.com for info.
October 9th, Saturday - City Fruit Class Planting Young Fruit Trees and New Tree Care, South Seattle. Plant your tree this fall—before the ground gets hard—and get a head start on your fruit. The class covers site selection, fruit tree selection (how large? What type?), where to buy fruit trees, how to plant them and how to care for young trees. Jana Dilley works on the Green Seattle Initiative with the City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment. She has a master’s degree in Forestry and in Public Affairs and has organized community tree-planting events in Seattle and California.
Time: 10 - 12 noon
Register: www.brownpapertickets.org . You can also send a check, with the name of the class and your contact information to City Fruit, PO Box 28577, Seattle 98118. Except as noted, all classes are $15 for City Fruit members, $20 for non-members. After registering, you will receive confirmation and the address of the class. If you can’t afford a class but really want to learn, email us at info@cityfruit.org .
October 9th and 10th, Saturday & Sunday – Home Orchard Society’s Fall ‘All About Fruit’ Show Contact: www.homeorchardsociety.org/
Location: Washington County Fairplex, just off Cornell Road across from the Port of Portland Hillsboro Airport, 873 NE 34th Avenue, Hillsboro
Learn about growing your own delicious, local, organic and economical fruit. Get advise on selecting, growing, pruning and harvesting fruit trees in your own yard Hundreds of varieties of pear, apple, grapes, quince & more to see & taste. Order your favorites for your own orchard! Speakers, Pie Baking Contest, Largest Fruit Contest, Apple Peeling Contest, Raffle Prizes. Free admission with new membership to Home Orchard Society. Member admission $4.00 per person or $8.00 per family. Non-member admission $6.00 per person or $10.00 per family. Sign up for event alerts (above) to receive full details in the coming months!
October 12th, Tuesday – Vashon Fruit Club Quarterly Meeting ‘Evaluation of 2010 growing season/Autumn tasks in the orchard’ with Bob Norton
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Courthouse Square, 19021 Vashon Hwy. S.W., Vashon, WA 98070
October 16th, Saturday – Magnuson Park Orchard – 3rd Saturday Work Party
Donuts and cider for volunteers!
Time: 10-2
Location: Magnusson Park P-Patch Orchard next to the Brigg.
Bring: Water, snack, Pruners
Contact: Tim Keller timothykeller@mac.com
October 17th,Sunday – Peninsula Fruit Club’s Fall Fruit Show
Time: 11am to 3pm
Location: Silverdale Community Center, 9729 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale, WA
October 23rd, Saturday – North Olympic Fruit Club’s Fall Fruit Show.
Time: 10am -3pm
Location: Jefferson County Fairgrounds 4907 Landes St, Pt Townsend, WA 98368
October 31 Sun – STFS Fall Fruit Show 2010 Fall Fruit Show Flier
Time: 10am to 3pm
Location: Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA 98195.
November 13th, Saturday – Vashon Fruit Club presentation
Time: 1:00pm
Location: TBA Contact dawn.perlman@yahoo.com for info.
November 13th, Saturday - STFS Member meeting
Time: 9:30am to 12 noon
Location: CUH Douglas Classroom
December 11th, Sat - STFS Member meeting
Time: 9:30am to 12 noon
Location: CUH Douglas Classroom
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