Tuesday, February 27, 2007 – 7:00 p.m.
Museum of Biological Diversity
1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH
FRUIT TREE GRAFTING
Try something different and impress your horticultural friends. Learn and then practice fruit tree grafting techniques so you can do it later at home. Yes, you can have red, green, yellow and striped apples all on the same tree.
BILL JOHNSON will demonstrate all the techniques he uses to graft various kinds of apples onto the same tree. He has a tree in his yard with at least 12 successful grafts, each producing a different variety of apple. Bill learned these grafting skills in the 1960’s and has been grafting regularly for the last fifteen years.
Many of you already know Bill. He is a past president of our Central Ohio Organic Gardening Club, a member of OEFFA (Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association) as well as the Franklin County Farm Bureau. He grows many organic vegetables, herbs and flowers in his 2000-plus square foot garden. He sells many of his herbs and vegetables to markets specializing in organically grown produce.
Come! Bring a friend! Learn a new and exciting technique. You will even get some hand-on experience making a graft by yourself, with Bill’s coaching, of course. Grafting is a great space-saver if your garden area is small and you want a variety of apples maturing at different times.
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PLEASE NOTE
For security reasons, the Museum has asked that we lock the entrance doors
30 minutes after our meeting begins, therefore, you are urged to plan to
arrive promptly. If you arrive later and have a cell phone, you can call
my cell phone (614-203-8016) and I will unlock the door.
ORGANIC GARDENING CLUB
OF CENTRAL OHIO
Gertrude Rasor, Secretary
283 Dana Avenue
Columbus, OH 43223-1309
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