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Central Coast Chapter Meetings & Other Events

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September Meeting: Saturday, September 13th, 2025
Sage Ecological Landscapes

This meeting will start earlier than normal. 

The presentation will start at 12 pm.

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​​Sage Ecological Landscapes

Location: 1301 Los Osos Valley Rd, Los Osos, CA

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Sage Ecological Landscapes specializes in sustainable landscape design and construction. They specialize in drought-tolerant plants, sustainable landscaping, and drip irrigation. Bring your questions related to growing plants in our county.

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Bring: Snacks to share, chairs, water, and shoes for walking.

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Parking: Plenty of parking on site. There will be CRFG signs to guide you.

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Restrooms: Public restrooms available

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For more information, see the Sage Ecological Landscapes website.

Schedule

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Note 12 pm start time of this meeting.

11:30 am:    Set-up

12:00 pm:   Presentation by Todd Davidson

12:30:  Tour of acre display garden

1:00 :  Socializing and CRFG Meeting (Chapter business)

1:30 :   Clean up

  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.

October Meeting: Global Family Farm, October 11, 2025 - Saturday

Open to the public.

More details, including location & times, will be listed here closer to the date of this event.

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Orchard Work Day: November 1st, 2025 - Saturday 9 am - Noon

Open to the public.

CRFG Demonstration Orchard

Cal Poly Campus

Help clean up the orchard!

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November Meeting: LeFort Organic Farms, November 8, 2025 - Saturday

Open to the public.

Le Fort's Organic Farms is a certified organic farm in Creston, California which produces free range eggs, carrots, summer squash, eggplant, basil & more .

More details, including location & times, will be listed here closer to the date of this event.

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December Meeting: Annual Holiday Potluck and Plant Exchange, December 13, 2025 - Saturday

Members Only.  Join CRFG to attend!

More details, including location & times, 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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Sat Mar 1st, 2025  9am - 12pm (cleanup for Annual Propagation Mtg)

Sat July 5th, 2025  9am - 12pm (cleanup for Annual Fruit Tasting Mtg)

Sat Nov 1st, 2025  9am - 12pm (end-of-year cleanup)

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 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 instruction.)  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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