GREEN BARN FARM EVENTS

Workshops/Conferences

FRUIT Workshop

 Sat June 6, 2026 

We get frequent requests for "on site" consulting but suggest that anyone who is planning a farm orchard or a backyard fruitscape should come to this workshop and ask all your questions (10am -1pm). We discuss small farm orchards, permaculture fruit guilds, food forests, agroforestry and city/urban fruitscapes.. Even if you are planning to begin fruit growing in your backyard this workshop will  be of help with your decisions. We will explain how to choose the right varieties(genetics) for your specific planting area and also those varieties that we have found can be grown organically with no sprays. We explain how to choose varieties to match your soil and climate conditions ...also how to plant a fruit tree properly, when is best time for transplant success, where to plant on your property and which food trees are best at mitigating climate change.

PROPAGATING and CREATING FRUIT

The afternoon propagation session (12 -1 pm) will show how you can use fruit seeds or cuttings or scions or buds to propagate your favourite fruit varieties. We will have some propagation materials available...........may include fruit seeds, cuttings, scions, buds, grafting tape, rootstocks. We are the only nursery/farm in Canada that offers this type of fruit preservation workshop... but this may be our last!. As societal interest in preserving all kinds of species from frogs to butterflies increases...sadly the interest in preserving our fruit heritage is declining rapidly. In 2025 about 98% of the fruit you eat will come from far away places. You must also be wary of the local Canadian grown fruit as GMO apples are starting to flood the marketplace and 99% of all Canadian grown fruit is heavily sprayed with pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, etc....much like the imported fruit. There is little organic fruit grown in Canada.......SO ONLY OPTION IS TO GROW YOUR OWN HEALTHY FRUIT. REGISTER online in Apples section under A Fruit Workshop or Send registration request by email to ken@greenbarnnursery.ca

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Farm tour  - Saturday Oct 17 2025

Our Green Barn Farm visit and fruit tasting is on Saturday Oct 17, 2026. At no other time in the year do we allow any visitors to wander our farm fields. We show you around the farm and explain what we call our "freedom farm" system of growing food crops. We have 1000's of varieties of fruit trees not found on any other farm in Canada/USA ...from which you will be able to taste some fruit still available. Also participants can see for themselves that we do actually grow the varieties we sell as fruit trees on the Green Barn nursery website.

Session1 (9-10 am)………will focus on more common fruit like blackberries, apples, pears, grapes, plums, cherries, nuts, etc and some native edibles that are growing wild on our farm 

BREAK..can take farm tour 

Session2 (10:30-11:30 am)….. focus on exotics like pawpaw, kiwi, persimmon, quince, medlar, shipova, yacon, banana, coffee, etc

PLANT 50% off Sale .....will have some potted plants like pawpaw available so you can take some fruit trees home after your tour…..so bring cash if you want to purchase a fruit plant. Plants will be sold at 50% of regular website price.

COST is $50

no dogs

 

Please reserve your spot in advance......online under “berries” section of website or by email ken@greenbarnnursery.ca

can pay cash at the event