2026 CRFG Festival of Fruit

[Charlie Dodgson]

Year of Eugenia & Her Sisters | Festival of Fruit

Festival of Fruit 2026 highlights Eugenia & Her Sisters, celebrating diverse, beautiful, climate-adaptable fruiting plants.

festivaloffruit.org

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

who is going?

 

[TorontoJoe]

Thanks for sharing this. I think I'm going to make contact to see if Fig Fanatic can help sponsor this in some way.

 

[DCallahan]

I wish I was closer, I always wanted to get out to that area and make it over to San Pedro to see my Grandpops ship.

 

[TorontoJoe]

I reached out to them to ask about program ads and sponsorship. I'll circle back when they get back to me.

 

[ktrain]

I have a couple family member out that way.
Be really cool if anyone attends this function to post some pictures.

 

[TorontoJoe]

It took some doing but Fig Fanatic will be an advertising sponsor for the California Festival of Fruit

The organizers seem very nice!

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

It took some doing but Fig Fanatic will be an advertising sponsor for the California Festival of Fruit

Excellent!

 

[GoodFriendMike]

Would love to hear from members that went. Still a couple more days left.
If you went or do go. Please post some photo's.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Would love to hear from members that went. Still a couple more days left.
If you went or do go. Please post some photo's.

If anyone does, I'd love to see a picture of the Fig Fanatic entry in the program

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

I arrived at the hotel this afternoon for the talks tomorrow! Just finished having dinner with a dear friend who is active in California pomology.

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

Registration


Conference program


... and prominently featured:

 

[Tiger garden]

I wish I saw this earlier. I have family out there who don't realize they can enjoy similar festivals that I enjoy in the Mid-Alantic in California. I will put it on my radar for next year.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Registration
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Conference program
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... and prominently featured:
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Outstanding! Thank you!

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

I spent the day visiting with several folks I've never met, plus a few I met at past meetings. For some of us this goes back 25 years. I asked people about the sessions they attended and all were enthusiastic. Tonight I went to the conference dinner with invited speaker David Karp. His talk was fabulous .

 

[TorontoJoe]

Looking over the program schedule.... I was blown away at how comprehensive this event is. I like how speakers are largely broken down in to areas of specialization.

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

My favorite quote from the event, made in the Welcome speech: "CRFG members are people who don't roll their eyes when someone begins talking about a great piece of scionwood they just obtained."