The MB CRFG's annual holiday party will be held December 17, starting at 3 p.m. at the Santa Cruz Grange Hall.  We’ll have our potluck, so think about what lovely creation you’d like to share. We will also have a slideshow of everyone’s experiences this year. The photo deadline is December 10 to allow time …

Mark your calendars for the 2023 Scion Exchange, to be held January 21, 2023. Hundreds of scions will be available for dormant varieties of fruit (apples, stonefruit and more). If you have scions or other plant material to share, please come at 10:30 with your contributions so they can be placed correctly in the exchange. …

Ready to learn how to graft? Join the Monterey Bay CRFG and learn how to perform a cleft graft to create your own custom apple tree! Attendees will learn about the basics of grafting, and then will practice creating grafting cuts on sample pieces of wood to develop the correct technique. After that, attendees will …

Tasting 62 varieties of Santa Cruz grown citrus with the Monterey Bay chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers.   Join fellow members of the Monterey Bay CRFG for our Citrus Tasting. Typically an annual event, pandemic excepted, we celebrate the pending arrival of spring by tasting glowing orbs harvested from all around our area. …

Fruit-A-Palooza is a summertime celebration of fruit growing held by the Monterey Bay Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers. Click for details on Fruit-A-Palooza 2023.

                  Hello fellow fruit enthusiasts! Our next Monterey Bay CRFG event will be a tour of Driscoll’s strawberry test plot in Aromas on the morning of July 15. The test plot is at 1790 San Juan Rd, Aromas, CA.  We will meet at the Driscoll’s Berry Store …

Join the Monterey Bay Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers  on October 14 at Wilder Ranch State Park as we celebrate the season with our 2023 Apple Tasting! This event showcases the delights of locally grown apples, including rare, historic apples, apples you know and love, and new locally-bred apples being trialed with the …

Inviting all members to join us for our annual holiday party/potluck! We will enjoy a discussion of the year's events, a slideshow of photos from our members' gardens, and of course, luscious food! We will also hold our annual election for the Board. Members are invited to volunteer to join the board!  

Mark your calendars for the 2024 Scion Exchange, to be held January 27, 2024. Hundreds of scions will be available for dormant varieties of fruit (apples, stone fruit and more), along with rootable cuttings of other fruits! What Scions will be Available? As scions are collected from around the Northern California Chapters, the names will …

DUE TO A SHIPPING ERROR, OUR GRAFTING WORKSHOP HAS BEEN RE-SCHEDULED TO FEBRUARY 24 FROM 1-4 P.M. Ready to learn how to graft? Or is it just time to really "up" your grafting game? Join us for our hands-on grafting class, RESCHEDULED to Saturday,  February 24, at the Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th …