Golden Gate Calfornia Rare Fruit Growers Meeting- Featured Speaker: Robert Kourik "Roots Demystified", Rootstocks/Grafting, and Pars Produce Nursery Tour March 13, 2010

Featured Speaker: Robert Kourik, Father of Edible Landscaping.
Schedule: 12:30-1:20 Parking lot sale of rootstocks. Grafting of scions and assistance for grafting. Five kinds of rootstocks will be available plus over 40 varieties of scions. If you have apple and pear scions, bring them to this mini-exchange.

12:30-1:20 Bring a brown bag lunch and meet fellow fruit fanciers! Some snacks will be available. 1:30-1:45 Business meeting to elect officers. Alice Rosenthal (continuing) and Katherine Pyle have agreed to stand for Chair and Treasurer, respectively. Please consider volunteering for the vice president position. The vice president assists the chair to find speakers and meeting sites and stands in if the president cannot attend a meeting. See below descriptions of other volunteer jobs needed.

1:45-2:45 Robert Kourik's power-point presentation Roots Demystified. Robert expects his newest book to be available hot off the press and will bring a variety of his books and photographs to sell before and after the meeting. Check out Roberts website at: www.RobertKourik.com

3pm-3:30pm Book Sales & Plant Raffle.

3:45-4:30pm Par's Produce in Alamo (a short drive from the library) to view their rare fruit selection and purchase plants. Little known and world renowned in Alamo is the backyard nursery of the Khodadad Family. We have arranged a translator to help us with any questions we may have. Lots of rare fruit trees and shrubs will be for sale. Check out what they have on the web: www. Parsproduce.com - 3025 Roundhill Road, Alamo, CA 94507 (925) 838-9399. Members that speak Farsi encouraged.

Time: 12:30pm - 5pm.
Location: Ygnacio Valley Library, 2661 Oak Grove Road, Community Room, Walnut Creek.
Cost: $10 annual dues for the local CRFG meeting notices can be paid at this time (or mailed prior to the meeting to Golden Gate Chapter CRFG Treasurer @ 2209 McGee Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703).
Info: http://www.crfg.org/chapters/golden_gate/index.htm.