Golden Gate Chapter, California Rare Fruit Growers
Golden Gate Chapter, California Rare Fruit Growers
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Golden Gate Member Scion Exchange E-Ticket 2024

As the largest enthusiast fruit-growing organization in the world, our famous annual Scion Exchanges are the most prominent event by which California Rare Fruit Growers serves its mission. Find the best varieties for growing your own fruit. 

  • FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am 
    Beginners are welcome! with CRFG member John Valenzuela (classroom)
  • FREE Grafting Class 12:30 am–1:45 with CRFG member Graham Stott (classroom)
  • Over 500 varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER PERSON, PER VARIETY.
  • Grafting Supplies For Sale: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, more
  • Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)
  • FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions, take notes from several expert CRFG Grafters representing multiple CRFG Chapters.
  • Rootstocks for Sale (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted)
  • Root Washing Demos learn to plant new trees & enable them to thrive with CRFG member Mae Clark
  • Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty
  • Fresh Citrus for Sale: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy
  • Planting Justice Nursery is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!
  • Plant Sale: Hosted by the Diablo Valley College, Horticultural Department shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, groundcovers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments
  • Silent Auction Discover treasures! Bring items to share: https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction
  • TBA: Seed Lending Library, Xerces Society
  • Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener magazine available for purchase
  • Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts
  • Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!
  • Save this Scion Exchange Map with directions to the restrooms! https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap
  • Download, print, and bring this Shopping List with you: https://bit.ly/2024GGSXShoppingList
  • How to Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange https://bit.ly/ScionExchangeHowTo
  • You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is.
    Learn how to harvest scionwood under "Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge" here: https://bit.ly/2024GGSEeventInfo
Golden Gate Chapter Member Scion Exchange E-Ticket
$5
As a member of the Golden Gate Chapter, this ticket is good for Early Member Entry beginning at 11:00 AM.

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