Yadkin 4-H Club recently issued the following announcement.
N.C. Cooperative Extension, Yadkin County Center is offering a winter workshop series on small fruit production and pruning. Learn from specialists the best management practices to successfully grow berries in your backyard or as a business. Each workshop includes a hands-on pruning demos where you will get experience pruning blackberries, blueberries, and grapes. Whether you’re just starting out or an experienced grower, these workshops are an opportunity too good to miss.
Cost: $5 per class or $10 for 3 class series.
Registration: Please register by the Friday prior to each workshop.
For more information call 334.849.7908 or email hannah_lepsch@ncsu.edu.
Event Flier
Jan. 28 – Basics of small fruit production and blackberry (1:00–4:00 p.m.)
Locations:
Classroom – Yadkin County Agricultural & Educational Building, 2051 Agricultural Way, Yadkinville, NC 27055
Pruning demo: Enon Meadows Farm, 1153 Flint Hill Rd, East Bend, NC 270103
Feb. 4 – Blueberry production and pruning (1:00–4:00 p.m.)
Location: Green Mesa Blueberry Farm, 3408 Baptist Church Rd, Boonville, NC 27011
(Rain date – February 11)
Feb. 18 – Grape production and pruning (9 a.m.–4 p.m.)
Location: Sander’s Ridge Vineyard and Winery, 3200 Round Hill Rd, Boonville, NC 27011
$5 Lunch available
Original source: https://yadkin.ces.ncsu.edu/2020/01/small-fruit-workshop-series/
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