Learn how to turn your bag of scionwood into productive fruit trees. We’re offering a hands-on grafting workshop February 16th from 3-6PM at the Live Oak Grange. This year we’ll be offering mentorship in both a beginner cleft graft and also an opportunity for experienced grafters to learn how to do a whip and tongue …

Please join us at the Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange as we prune the orchard under the direction of Freddy Menge (who has many years of pruning experience but still finds it necessary to scour YouTube videos for different approaches and techniques).   We will be discussing differences in pruning stone fruit versus pommes, young …

Hi Fruit Friends! 🍊🍋 We’ve got some juicy things in the works and I’m excited to share them with you! First up — mark your calendars for our Annual Citrus Tasting on Sunday, April 6th from 2:30–5:30 PM at the Live Oak Grange. Admission is $5 or free if you volunteer or donate fruit. We’re thrilled to have Zea Sonnabend from Fruitilicious Farm …

🍊 Create Your Own Custom Citrus Tree! 🍋 Ready to graft your dream citrus tree? Join our exclusive hands-on workshop led by the amazing Israel Osuna, a grafting expert who honed his skills at the renowned Four Winds Nursery. Israel will share insider pro tips and techniques that he's gathered over years of citrus grafting.  It will …

Note: This is a Volunteer VIP Exclusive event: The CRFG is offering a feijoa grafting workshop from 3-6pm on May 31, at the Live Oak Grange. Freddy Menge and Ellen Baker will be talking about one of their favorite fruits, the Pineapple Guava.  They will touch on the origin and history of the fruit, as …

POSTPONED Note: This event (originally scheduled for June 7) has been postponed. We'll update this entry once it's rescheduled.  

This is a VIP Insider's Circle event, only open to our VIP Volunteers. For more information on the VIP Insider's Circle, please see:  http://mbcrfg.org/vip-insiders-circle/    

Dear CRFG Friends, We’re thrilled to invite you to a unique and interactive event featuring Dr. Rick Jellen, an international quinoa expert and professor of Plant & Wildlife Sciences at Brigham Young University. Dr. Jellen is an international quinoa expert and professor at Brigham Young University. Despite Rick’s lofty academic achievements, including being on the team …

The Fruit Detective presents “Elements of Flavor", an analysis of deliciousness itself... He's been called a national treasure in the world of pomology, and David Karp has certainly made himself known. As the "Fruit Detective", he's written for the New York Times, the L.A. Times, Gourmet Magazine, The Smithsonian, Sunset, etc., specializing in long form, deep …

Join the Monterey Bay Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers  on Saturday October 18 at Wilder Ranch State Park as we celebrate the season with our 2025 Apple Tasting! If you’ve always wanted to know what apples grow well in our area and want to taste what freshly picked apples taste like, this event …