[Scpg] Sat. a.m. Grafting Workshop in Ojai Valley reminder

[Carol Vesecky]

Mulberry Grafting Workshop offered by Biointensive for Russia*

To be presented by Kody Ryan, Biodynamic orchardist, 
followed by a delicious Korean-Russian vegetarian lunch prepared by Irina Kim

Please join us for an introduction to the art of grafting!  Kody will demonstrate simple techniques for grafting scions of delicious, nutritious mulberry varieties -- Oscars, Black Persians, Pakistans, and Rivieras -- onto rootstock. You will then have the opportunity to graft one tree yourself, to take home to plant in your own yard or orchard.

Time and Date: Saturday, Feb. 13, 10-12
Donation: $15 for the workshop (includes a small bag of blood oranges to take home); 
                $10 for Irina's lunch
Location: Mulberry Haven*, 913 Oso Rd., Ojai 93023 (Directions on request)
RSVP: Carol Vesecky  805 640-1897  cvesecky at igc.org

In case of rain, the workshop will be held in our carport. 
But if weather is severely inclement, it will be postponed to Saturday, Feb. 27.

**Mulberry Haven is a 100% organic fruit farm established by Gordon and Marie Kennedy in 1978. It is known to some as the oldest mulberry farm in North America. The mulberries in five varieties number 66 mature trees, their berries being marketed each year in late spring and summer. Included among the 100+ other fruit trees are carob, pomegranate, persimmon, avocado, Sunshine grapefruit (grapefruit/pomelo/tangelo cross), blood orange, pomelo, sapote, fig, apricot, and "Sprite" cherry-plum. Carol Vesecky and Irina Kim (who taught GB in Uzbekistan for 12 years) also tend GB gardens in roughly 1000 sq. ft. of the 2-acre property. For more information, write or call  Carol Vesecky  805 640-1897  cvesecky at igc.org .

Carol Vesecky
Director, Biointensive for Russia
805 640-1897
cvesecky at igc.org
http://biointensiveforrussia.igc.org


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