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Central Coast Chapter Meetings & Other Events

Our Newsletter Keeps Everyone Up To Date. Send Us Your Photos & Events!  Let others know what's going on by sending your articles, photos, and event info to: crfgccnewsletter@gmail.com.  Please submit your items by the 15th of each month for inclusion in the next newsletter.

Our Chapter will not be holding a June meeting because...
The CRFG Festival of Fruit is being held in Fullerton, CA!

This year the Orange County Chapter will be hosting CRFG's 2026 Festival of Fruit, celebrating the Year of Eugenia and her Sisters. It will be the first FoF since 2020. 

 

It will take place from June 9-14, with the main event happening on June 13 at the Titan Student Union, Cal State University, Fullerton. 

 

See festivaloffruit.org for more information. 

  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.​​​

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May 30th, 2026, 12-3pm: CRFG Plant Sale and Grafting Demos at Skillshare event in the Atascadero Lake Park Bandstand

https://www.slocal.com/event/garden-skillshare-with-workshops-kids-activities-%26-vendors/16944/​

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June 13, 2026 Meeting: Festival of Fruit at Cal State Fullerton

We will not have a local meeting in June. 

All members are encouraged to attend the Festival of Fruit!

More details will be announced by the Orange County Chapter as they develop.

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June 19-21, 2026: Open Farm Days Weekend

Visit over 20 farms, ranches, producers and sellers. “Local farms will be featuring everything from beekeeping to olive oil production, vegetable and fruit growing. Local ranchers will introduce you to goats, alpaca, sheep, pigs, and more, while local purveyors will showcase their locally made products using our locally grown.” Tickets are free. Register and download the trail map on the website, https://www.farmsteaded.com

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June 27, 2026: CRFG Orchard Maintenance, 9am - 12pm

We're cleaning up the demonstration orchard for our July meeting.  Help prune branches, pull weeds, repair the fence, hang tree signs, and perform other orchard maintenance tasks.  There's a job for everyone!
Directions will be added on this page closer to the date of this event.

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July 11, 2026 Meeting: Annual Fruit Tasting in the CRFG Orchard

More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.

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July 19th & 23rd, 2026: California Mid-State Fair, Paso Robles

We will be giving grafting demonstrations at the California Mid-State Fair at the Paso Robles Event Center, 2198 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles, CA.  You will find us in the Floral Building on these days and times:

  • Sunday, July 19,  2pm - 7pm.

  • Thursday, July 23, 4 pm - 8 pm.

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August 8, 2026 Meeting: Chapman Estate, Pismo Beach

More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.

https://www.pismobeach.org/647/Chapman-Estate
1243 Ocean Boulevard, Shell Beach, CA

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September 12, 2026 Meeting: Finley Family Nursery, Templeton

More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.

https://www.finleyfamilynursery.com/

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October 10, 2026 Meeting: Russee Parvin's Home Garden, SLO

More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.

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November 14, 2026 Meeting: Stardust Grove, Cambria

More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.

thestardustgrove.com

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December 12, 2026 Meeting: Annual Potluck & Plant Exchange

Members only.

More details will be listed here closer to the date of this event.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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CRFG Demonstration Orchard Workdays

Be sure to check here the morning of each workday for rescheduling or cancellations.

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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.
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Saturday June 27th, 2026: 9am - 12pm (cleanup for Annual Fruit Tasting Mtg)

Sat Nov 7th, 2026: 9am - 12pm (end-of-year cleanup)

 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.

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Most of our meetings are open to the public.  We encourage the public to join us and learn with us!

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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.

  1. We never bring pets to meetings/tours and we never even ask if we may!

  2. We do our best to use public facilities or our own restroom before the meeting.

  3. We do our best not to ask to go inside the hosts’ home.

  4. We never pick fruit, flowers, foliage, weeds, seed pods and we never even ask.

  5. We do our best to car pool and park with great respect to our host and the neighborhood.

  6. We never talk when our host is talking. We do our best to stay up close when given a tour.

  7. We never “take over” the tour and tell everyone how we do it at our home!!

  8. We have thoughtful questions but try not to ask questions that embarrass our host.

  9. We do our best to help our host feel good, feel appreciated. We clean up our mess.

  10. We stay on the path, with our host …and never go walking around on our own unless given permission by the host.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

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