Central Coast Chapter Meetings & Other Events
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September Meeting: Finley Family Nursery, Templeton, CA
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Event Details
Location: 50 Vaquero Rd, Templeton, CA 93465
Visit on the Internet:
The public is welcome! Bring a friend.
About Finley Family Nursery
"Finley Family Nursery features California natives, Tuscan olives, a large selection of lavender and other fine perennials, shrubs and trees in a farm atmosphere. Seasonal items, such as bare root stock in January and spring veggie starts will keep you coming back for more. We pride ourselves on growing and offering quality stock at affordable prices. We also have bulk materials for all your landscaping projects: compost, D.G. sand, potting mix, rocks and walk on bark. Bring your truck or trailer and we'll load you up or we can deliver.
Our landscaping division provides maintenance and installation services to residential and commercial customers throughout San Luis Obispo County. We seek to provide innovative ideas in design and exceed our customers' expectations."
History
Back in 1995, Chet and Jayme, along with Chet's parent's Bob and Pam, started propagating plants on a partial of the family homestead. A lifetime of loving plants, thrown in with lots of education was the seed for this family business. Over the years, Bob and Pam have retired. Chet is a licensed landscape contractor. With his crew, they will tackle simple to complex projects for commercial or residential customers. Jayme loves customer service and will do her best to help the nursery customer with plant selection.
Bring
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Your folding chair, water bottle, hat, sunscreen, and name tag.
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Snacks to share.
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Wear flat, stable walking shoes.
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No alcohol or dogs.
Schedule
(Note: all times are approximate and may change slightly due to actual time needed.)
12:00 - 1:00 Set up crew.
1:00-1:30: Socializing and refreshments. Share your harvest with other attendees, and bring home-grown fruit, if you have it, or a snack to share and your own water.
1:30: Chapter business meeting.
1:45-3:00 Finley Family Nursery Presentation
Location & Directions
Finley Family Nursery
50 Vaquero Rd, Templeton, CA 93465
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Take Highway 101 to Templeton, CA
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Take the Vineyard Drive exit. Turn east onto Vineyard Dr.
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About 1000 feet after you cross the river, continue straight on El Pomar Dr. (Vineyard Dr. veers to the right).
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Follow El Pomar Dr. for approximately 1.5 miles, then turn left onto Vaquero Rd.
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Turn right into Finley Family Nursery.
CRFG Plant Sale Booth at the Arroyo Grande Harvest Festival
Friday September 25th & Saturday September 26th, 2026
Location: Somewhere in Olohan Alley, Old Town Arroyo Grande
Our chapter will be selling plants propagated by members to support our scholarship fund!
Members, please volunteer to help sell plants and share information about CRFG with the public. This is a fun event!
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Friday, September 25, 4pm - 9pm.
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Saturday, September 26, 10am - 4 pm.
Other Future Chapter Meetings & Events
Please note that these future meetings are subject to change. Recheck this page closer to the date of each event.
More information about these events, including address details and times, will be provided here closer to each event.
All meetings are on Saturdays unless otherwise noted below.
October 10, 2026 Meeting: Russee Parvin's Home Garden, SLO
More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.
November 14, 2026 Meeting: Stardust Grove, Cambria
More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.
December 12, 2026 Meeting: Annual Potluck & Plant Exchange
Members only.
More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.
January 9, 2027 Meeting: Annual Pruning Workshop
Learn how to prune your fruit trees! Guest speaker followed by hands-on pruning experience in our demonstration orchard at Cal Poly. More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.
February 27, 2027 Meeting: Annual Scion Exchange & Grafting Workshop
Grafting demos and scions of many types and varieties. Rootstock and grafting supplies for sale. More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.
March 13, 2027 Meeting: Annual Propagation Workshop
Grafting and other types of propagation demonstrations. More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.
CRFG Demonstration Orchard Workdays
Be sure to check here the morning of each workday for rescheduling or cancellations.
Orchard cleanups usually involve removing weeds, spreading wood chips, pruning trees, raking leaves, mending fences, cleaning the kiosk, reorganizing tools in the tool shed. It's also a good opportunity to chat with your fellow CRFGers, learning and sharing helpful hints for growing your fruiting plants.
Saturday June 27th, 2026: 9am - 12pm (cleanup for Annual Fruit Tasting Mtg)
Sat Nov 7th, 2026: 9am - 12pm (end-of-year cleanup)
Members:
We are seeking additional volunteers to support the effective operation of our chapter.
At present, a small number of individuals are carrying out many of the responsibilities required to sustain our activities, and we would like to to ensure that this workload is shared more broadly.
Please review the list of available volunteer positions and consider whether you might be willing to serve in one of these roles. We will provide all necessary information, training, and support to help you fulfill your responsibilities with confidence.
If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact Terri Monell at (805)-440-5818 or terrimo59@gmail.com.
We Have Pheromone Loops For Sale!!!
Pheromone loops are available and are plentiful! Codling moths are key pests of apples and pears. Pheromone loops deceive the male moth, thereby helping to disrupt the mating cycle. Place 2 to 3 loops in the top third of your apple and pear trees. Petals should be about 90% off and small fruit is setting before you loop your trees!
Please contact Terri Monell at 805-546-8981 (landline) or 805-440-5818 (cell) if you are interested. Terri is available to sell loops ONLY until April 24th and then again from May 1st on.
Meetings
Our meetings are usually held on the second Saturday of the month, with the exception of the February meeting which is held on the fourth Saturday. (The February meeting is the annual scion exchange and grafting workshop.) In general our group gathers initially for refreshments and socializing, followed by the meeting. This is not always the case though, so check this web page or our newsletter for details on each meeting.
Most of our meetings are open to the public. We encourage the public to join us and learn with us!
Please read our "meeting manners" below prior to attending. No pets at any meeting, please.
Our Best CRFG Manners While Visiting Homes, Nurseries, Growers, etc.
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We never bring pets to meetings/tours and we never even ask if we may!
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We do our best to use public facilities or our own restroom before the meeting.
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We do our best not to ask to go inside the hosts’ home.
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We never pick fruit, flowers, foliage, weeds, seed pods and we never even ask.
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We do our best to car pool and park with great respect to our host and the neighborhood.
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We never talk when our host is talking. We do our best to stay up close when given a tour.
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We never “take over” the tour and tell everyone how we do it at our home!!
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We have thoughtful questions but try not to ask questions that embarrass our host.
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We do our best to help our host feel good, feel appreciated. We clean up our mess.
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We stay on the path, with our host …and never go walking around on our own unless given permission by the host.
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At the end of the tour, we make a special effort to thank the host. We “gather up” and have some sort of “closure” to the tour.
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We even write thank you notes when we get home, especially if we asked a lot of questions, were impressed, were surprised, were treated well. We write thank you notes even when we are not the leader.