Fall Meeting of New York Nut Growers Association

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Sat., Oct. 24, 2009, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library, 6th Floor, Museum Building, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, New York
Everyone who wants to learn about planting and caring for nut trees is welcome to come. Among our presenters are the following: Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis, a scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment station; Peter Haarmann, a Long Island farmer who started his nut and pawpaw farm 5 years ago; Dr. Michael Nee, the NYBG Curator of the Institute of Systemic Botany; Jim Capossela, a wild food forager and cook; Clare Pierson who will demonstrate how to make home remedies using black walnut hulls and other plant material.
Registration is $20 and includes speakers' presentations, parking, breakfast and a mid-morning snack, a variety of nuts to eat and take home, a back issue of the Northern Nut Growers Annual Report, and a tour of the New York Botanical Garden. Lunch will be on your own. You may bring a sandwich with you or eat at the Garden Café near the Museum Building.
Send a check made out to "NYNGA" to Rick Monheim, NYNGA Treas., 1023 Country Road 6, Phelps, NY 14532. Include your address and phone number.
For more information about the meeting, directions, or lodging, contact Jerry Henkin at sproutnut@aol.com.