Regretfully, personal issues have prevented us from presenting a regular schedule of classes for the 2013 season. Please visit the links below for other educational opportunities or see our Education or Resources page (links to left) for more information on Fruit Growing and Management . . .

Workshops at Cloud Mountain Farm in Everson, non-profit fruit growing education center, also sells trees, bushes, etc. both fruit bearing and native stock

Master Gardeners Program - Public Workshops

Saturday, March 23 - Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop with Master Gardeners at Tennant Lake in Ferndale from 9am to 12 noon - No Charge except for scionwood and rootsock - download pdf

Monday, April 8th, 6:30pm Lummi Island Grange - BOMB 101 - CORE will be presenting to the Gardeners Network on Blue Orchard Mason Bees, managing a population, improving habitat and general information on alternative pollinators.

Download handout from this presentation - pdf

Birch Bay State Park - Summer Lecture Series - full schedule coming soon

NW Core will be presenting three lectures during the summer program

June 8th at 7pm - Blue Orchard Mason Bees 101

July 12 - Protecting our Native Pollinators  

August 23 - Creating a Backyard Habitat

Mr. George Kaas of the Blaine H.S. Horticulture program has kindly offered his services to teach our workshops. There is no charge, however, donations will be gratefully accepted.

If you would like us to come and speak at a community activity or event to help inform your participants about the CORE project, please contact us.

We have had several community meetings to introduce the CORE project. If you have any questions, or would like to volunteer to help with our mission and goals, please do not hestitate to contact us - fruit@blaine-core.com  or call  360-332-7435 or 332-8311

For GLEANING (either volunteering to help pick fruit or having your fruit harvested), please click on "Gleaning" in the left column to go the that page in this website.