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Meeting and Activity Schedule for 2012

January

Thursday, January 12, at 6:30pm

Guest Speaker Rob Carter on growing small fruit in Alaska

The location will be the BP Energy Center, which is south of the BP building that is located on the corner of Northern Lights and the New Seward. The Energy Center is accessed through BP parking lot one. The conference room and time are still to be determined. (Just ask for the fruit growers meeting at the front desk, they assign us a different room each time.)

EVERYONE WELCOME

February

Thursday, February 9, at 6:30pm

General Meeting Elections

Guest Speaker, Dwight Bradley on the History of the Apple

The location will be the BP Energy Center, which is south of the BP building that is located on the corner of Northern Lights and the New Seward. The Energy Center is accessed through BP parking lot one. The conference room and time are still to be determined. (Just ask for the fruit growers meeting at the front desk, they assign us a different room each time.)

EVERYONE WELCOME

March

Thursday, March 8, at 6:30pm

Guest speaker Paul Lariviere will discuss container growing and blueberry growing.

The location will be the BP Energy Center, which is south of the BP building that is located on the corner of Northern Lights and the New Seward. The Energy Center is accessed through BP parking lot one. The conference room and time are still to be determined. (Just ask for the fruit growers meeting at the front desk, they assign us a different room each time.)

EVERYONE WELCOME

. . .

Saturday, March 24, at 1:30pm

Pruning demonstration.

The location will be Bob BoyerÕs greenhouse.

FOR MEMBERS ONLY*

April

Saturday, April 21, at 11:00am

General Membership meeting to improve new by laws.

The location will be:
Cooperative Extension Services,
1675 C Street, Anchorage

MEMBERS ONLY

Saturday, April 21, at 1:00pm

Grafting Workshop

The location will be:
Cooperative Extension Services,
1675 C Street, Anchorage

EVERYONE WELCOME

May

Saturday, May 12, at 1:00pm

Pruning of established trees. Demonstration and work session.

Bring gloves and pruning tools.

The location will be Randy & Sonja's (Lawrence Clark's) orchard in South Anchorage off Rabbit Creek Road.

FOR MEMBERS ONLY*

June

Sunday, June 3, at 1:00pm

Blossom Viewing.

The location will be Randy & Sonja's (Lawrence Clark's) orchard in South Anchorage off Rabbit Creek Road.

FOR MEMBERS ONLY*

July

Saturday, July 14, at 1:00pm

Valley Orchard tour in Palmer and Berry patch tour in Sutton.

FOR MEMBERS ONLY*

August

Saturday, August 18, at 1:00pm

Tour in Anchorage Š specific locations to be announced.

FOR MEMBERS ONLY*

September

Thursday and Friday, September 20, 21.

Tours and lectures with Dr. Bors from the University of Saskatchewan.
Dr. Bors. is a renowned plant breeder and a foremost expert on hardy fruit.
Tours and lecture locations and times to be announced.

FOR MEMBERS ONLY*

. . .

Saturday, September 22, at 1:00pm

Apple Pressing and additional presentations by Dr. Bors.

The location will be DanÕs orchard.

FOR MEMBERS ONLY*

October

Saturday, October 13, at 1:00pm

Apple Tasting

The location will be:
Cooperative Extension Services,
1675 C Street, Anchorage

FOR MEMBERS ONLY*

November

Thursday, November 8, at 6:30pm

Season Wrap-Up

Harvest Successes and Failures: a lively discussion of the season's fruit growing and harvesting experiences.

The location will be the BP Energy Center, which is south of the BP building that is located on the corner of Northern Lights and the New Seward. The Energy Center is accessed through BP parking lot one. The conference room and time are still to be determined. (Just ask for the fruit growers meeting at the front desk, they assign us a different room each time.)

EVERYONE WELCOME

December

Thursday, December 13, at 6:30pm

Speaker is to be announced.

The location will be the BP Energy Center, which is south of the BP building that is located on the corner of Northern Lights and the New Seward. The Energy Center is accessed through BP parking lot one. The conference room and time are still to be determined. (Just ask for the fruit growers meeting at the front desk, they assign us a different room each time.)

EVERYONE WELCOME

*Due to the large number of members and space constraints, we must limit some activities to members only.