2024 EVENTS

Here’s a list of presentations and workshops about heirloom apples led by John Bunker, unless otherwise specified. Many of these talks are on zoom and are open to anyone who registers. Please check back for updates throughout the year to see if there is an apple talk, walk, or tasting in a town near you. Many of them are opportunities to bring your old mystery varieties to John Bunker for identification. Additional events may be posted on mofga.org and fedcoseeds.com.

August 30-Sept 1, Hope ME: Maine Apple Camp. Open to all ages and experience levels, family friendly: (registration closed) https://www.mofga.org/trainings/annual-events/maine-apple-camp/

Sept 7, Deer Isle, ME: Island Heritage Trust tour of old trees at 10 AM and a talk at 2 PM.  More information:  https://www.stonington.lib.me.us/event/consider-the-apple/

Sept 20-22, Unity, ME: Common Ground Fair. Sean Turley and John Bunker will be hosting apple tastings at the Hay Loft Tent on Friday and Saturdays afternoons. Dave Fulton will be hosting a cider tasting event at the Hay loft Tent on Sunday afternoon. Stop by the Hay Loft Tent every day to see the HUGE apple display, talk apples with a bunch of apple geeks, or get your apples identified (bring pictures of the trees as well as 6-10 apples from the tree).

Sept 28, 6 PM, Bethel, ME. The Gem Theater, 48 Cross St., Bethel ME 04217. John Bunker talk , Black Oxford and the Apples of Oxford County Maine. Come at 5 PM for pizza.

Sept 29, Bethel, ME: Apple Festival, Valentine Farm Conservation Center, 162 North Road, Bethel Maine 04217.

October 1, 10 AM, Wilton, ME. SeniorsPlus Education Center, 284 Main St., Suite 100 (in the old Bass building right next door to the Wilton Farm and Home Museum). John Bunker talk, The Apples of Franklin County ME.

Oct 5, Presque Isle, ME: Apple Symposium, Northern Maine Community College. John Bunker will be part of a panel of apple historians and others.

Oct 10, 6:30 PM, North Yarmouth, ME . Apple pie and coffee, followed by apple talk.  North Yarmouth Historical Society, Old Town House, 475 Walnut Hill Rd, North Yarmouth, ME

Oct 13, Dummerston, VT: Scott Farm Heirloom Apple Day. John Bunker will give a keynote talk. https://www.scottfarmvermont.com/heirloomappleday

Oct 16, 1-2:30 PM, University of Idaho 2024-25 Heritage Orchard Conference. Apple Identification 101 by John Bunker. This is the first presentation of the webinar series presented by the University of Idaho Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center. There will be seven free monthly webinars running from October 2024 through April 2025 on the third Wednesday of each month. This year’s webinar series will cover a variety of subjects pertaining to the identification, cultivation and preservation of heritage fruit varieties. Click here for more information and to register.

Oct 18, Northumberland, NH. Lost Nation Orchard/Heartsong Farm Wellness Center, 859 Lost Nation Road. John Bunker will give an all-day workshop. Topics will include apple identification, recommendations for varieties to grow, fruit exploring and more. This workshop is part of the Holistic Orchard Apprentice class series. For more information:https://heartsongfarmwellness.com/holistic-orchard/

Oct 19, Swan Island, ME. Swan’s Island Historical Society Applefest, 1-4 PM. John Bunker will lead a tour of old trees in the morning and give a talk at the Applefest in the afternoon. 

Oct 27, 1-4 PM, Boylston, MA. New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, 11 French Drive.  John Bunker and Todd Little-Siebold will give a talk and tour of the apple collection. For more information:https://nebg.org