Homeowner Fruit Growers' Calendar

Upcoming Fruit Workshops and Meetings that are "musts" for any backyard orchard hobbyist.  Some of the programs also target commercial producers.  If your group has a fruit-related program, please comment below, and I will be happy to add it to the calendar.  We look forward to seeing you at one of the events listed below.

Mar. 1 Beginning Grape Growers Workshop,

Wolfe County Extension Office, Campton, KY.

Topics include vineyard economics, site selection, soil

preparation, cultivar selection, planting and disease

control. Contact Daniel Wilson 606-668-3712.

Mar. 2 Organic Fruit and Vegetable Production

for Home Gardeners, Bell County Extension Offi

ce, 101 Courthouse Square, Pineville, KY 11:00 a.m.

ET. Contact Stacy White 606-337-2376

Mar. 2 Home Fruit Production, Harlan

County Extension Office, 519 South Main St., Harlan,

KY. 4:00 p.m. ET. Contact Jeremy Williams 606-573-

4464.

Mar. 5 Fruit Tree Sprays, Bullitt County

Extension Office, 384 Halls Lane, Shepherdsville, KY.

6:00 p.m. ET., This class will cover a multitude of fruit

tree problems, preventative care and chemical control

for these problems. Contact Lorilee George 502-543-

2257.

Mar. 6-7 Illinois Small Fruit and Strawberry

School, Mt. Vernon Holiday Inn, Mt. Vernon, IL.

March 6th will feature bramble and blueberry presentations.

March 7th will concentrate on matted row

and plasticulture strawberry production. Contact Jeff

Kindhart at 618-695-2770 or jkindhar@illinois.edu

Mar. 8 Beginning Grape Growers Workshop,

Wolfe County Extension Office, Campton, KY.

Field demonstrations will include pruning and training

new and established vines. The vineyard location is to

be determined. Contact Daniel Wilson 606-668-3712.

Mar. 13 Grafting Workshop, Boyle County

Extension Office, 99 Corporate Dr., Danville, KY.

10:00 a.m. ET. Contact Jerry Little 859-236-4484.

Mar. 16 Home Fruit Workshop:  Blueberries, What Did I Do

Wrong?, Managing Diseases in Backyard Fruit, and

Apple Grafting Workshop, Garrard County. Lancaster

Baptist Church Family Life Center on Richmond St.,

Lancaster, KY. 9:30a.m.-2:30 p.m. ET. Contact Jay

Hettmansperger 859-792-3026.

Mar. 19 Pruning Fruit Trees, Bullitt County

Extension Office, 384 Halls Lane, Shepherdsville, KY.

6:00 p.m. ET., This class will cover the basics of pruning

fruit trees and the challenges of pruning older trees.

Contact Lorilee George 502-543-2257.

Mar. 22 Apple Grafting Workshop, Jessamine

County Extension Office, 95 Park Dr., Nicholasville,

KY. 6:30 p.m. ET. Contact Rob Amburgy 859-

885-4811.

Mar. 27 Blackberry and Raspberry Production

and Home Strawberry Production, 2:00 p.m.

and 6:00 p.m. CT respectively, Barren County Extension

Office, 1463 West Main St., Glasgow, KY. Contact

Kristin Gooden 270-651-3818.

Apr. 13 KSHS Orchard Tour, Boyd’s Orchards,

1390 Pickard Pike, Versailles, KY. Terry and

Susie Boyd operators and Black Diamond Blackberry

Farm, Lexington, KY, Dr. John and Lucie Dvorak operators.

Apr. 16 Budding and Grafting Fruit Trees,

Bullitt County Extension Office, 384 Halls Lane, Shepherdsville,

KY. 6:00 p.m. ET. Contact Lorilee George

502-543-2257.

Apr. 21, Kentucky Nut Growers Association

Spring Meeting, Marion County Extension Offi ce, 415

Fairgrounds Rd., Lebanon, KY. 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Contact Danny Ganno phone: 270-860-8362 or email:

danganno@yahoo.com

May 17, KSHS Orchard Tour, Ayres Family

Farm, 525 Wilson Lane, Owenton, KY. Contact John

Strang 859-257-5685; email: jstrang@uky.edu

Jun. 3 Kentucky Vineyard Society Field

Day, U.K. Horticultural Research Farm, 4321 Emmert

Farm Rd., Lexington, KY. Contact Alicia McGuire

phone: 502-777-8777; email: kvsdirector@gmail.com

July 22-25 Northern Nut Growers Association

Annual Meeting, University of Kentucky, Lexington,

KY and Kentucky State University Research Farm,

Frankfort, KY. Contact John Strang 859-257-5685 or

email: jstrang@uky.edu

Jan. 7-8, 2013 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable

Conference, Embassy Suites Hotel, Lexington, KY.

Contact John Strang phone: 859-257-5685 or email:

jstrang@uky.edu