Events

Joint meeting with the NY Nut Growers Association. Anyone with an interest in nut trees is welcome to attend. The morning session will include presentations on commercialization of Eastern hazelnuts, the Gleaning Project of South Central Pennsylvania, the Hundred Fruit Farm Permaculture CSA, the Downingtown nut tree plantings of John W. Hershey, urban orchards and food forests, farm succession, and government resources to help farmers with legal issues. In the afternoon there will be grafting demonstrations in the greenhouse.

The registration cost of $12 per person includes breakfast, mid-morning snacks, printed handouts on nut growing, two red oak seedlings, black walnut and butternut seednuts for planting, a sampling of nuts grown in this area, and scionwood. Participants are encouraged to bring nuts and scionwood to share. An all-you-can eat lunch will be available in the cafeteria for $9 (including tax), payable in cash or credit card as you enter.

A block of rooms, with two double beds, has been reserved at the Hampton Inn, in near-by Warrington, PA, at the Delaware Valley University corporate rate of $139.00 (plus tax) for Friday, April 20. Call (215) 343-8400 to reserve your room, as soon as possible, and mention you are with the NY/PA Nut Growers Association to get the corporate rate.

Questions? Contact Jerry Henkin, NYNGA President, sproutnut@aol.com or 914-282-1371 for possible room sharing and/or carpooling.

Download the registration form here.