Join the Home Orchard Society for our 2015 All About Fruit Show!

Saturday October 17th & Sunday October 18th, 10am – 4pm
Clackamas County Fairgrounds – 694 NE 4th Ave, Canby, OR

This event will be held at the main pavilion at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds. 

Home Orchard Society’s famous annual fall tasting event, "The All About Fruit Show", is for fruit enthusiasts of all ages! 

Attendees will have the opportunity to see and taste hundreds of varieties of heirloom fruit from the Pacific Northwest including apples, pears, plums, grapes, kiwis, quince, and more! 

Home Orchard Society aims to help lots of folks launch into the pleasure of growing good fruit at home! If you love fruit or want to grow your own fruit trees, this is the place to be!

• Free with entry – hundreds of varieties of fruit to see and taste!
• Apple pie contest & Large fruit contest!
• Speakers presenting on a variety of fruit-growing topics
• Cider pressing demos (fun for the whole family!)
• HOS expert table to answer your fruit growing questions!
• Plus … mason bee supplies, fruit tree growing publications, order custom-grafted fruit trees, door prizes, & more!
  
  www.homeorchardsociety.org/events

Admission:

– $4 for members (family $8)

– $6 for non-members (family $10)

– Free if you join HOS at this show!

If you would like to volunteer for the show, please contact the HOS Volunteer Coordinator Jacqueline Freeman at friendlyhaven@gmail.com. If you volunteer, your admission fee will be waived. You can choose your shift or come for the day!

Tentative speaker schedule:
Saturday
11:00am – TBA

12:30pm – Jim Gilbert of Northwoods Nursery will talk about his findings from a recent trip to Italy, tasting figs, etc.

2:00pm –  Jacqueline Freeman will talk about Pollinators (her recently published book on this subject “Spirit Bee” has just gone international!) http://spiritbee.com/

Sunday
11:00am – TBA

12:30pm – Permaculture & Orcharding. Speaker bio to be posted soon.

2:00pm – Todd Morrill & Shaun Shepherd will present a “how to” of making cider at home. Both of these gentlemen have many years of experience making cider and Shaun Shepherd is currently involved with a commercial operation, Bull Run Cider.