Membership is open to anyone over 18 years of age who is interested in growing fruit of any description on a small or large scale. Subscription fees are:
- £10, individual membership with electronic version of newsletter
- or £14 individual membership with paper copy newsletter
- £12, couples membership (any two adults living at the same address) with electronic version of newsletter
- or £16 couples membership with paper copy newsletter
- £20, associate membership with one paper copy newsletter
Subscriptions are paid annually in January. If you are a new member, joining at the Harrogate Autumn flower show, or later in the year, then your membership fee continues through the following year
Benefits of Membership
– Four meetings a year including a member’s visit
– Free entry to RHS Harlow Carr, May and November meetings
– Low cost pruning workshops at our teaching sites in Yorkshire
– Bulk purchasing opportunities of root stocks and trees from Frank Matthews Ltd
– Low cost grafting workshops (materials and hall hire costs only)
– Scion wood exchange, and possibly soft fruit cuttings for rooting, at February meeting
– Share expertise including cultivation and fruit identification
– Local contacts who can help with your fruit growing problem
-access to our video guides to fruit growing through our youtube channel exclusive to members
– Electronic version of our quarterly newsletter (paper copies are available at extra cost)
Members helping at a show also benefit from free entry to that show, such as the Harrogate Spring & Autumn Shows, Great Yorkshire Show and RHS Show Tatton Park.
To become a member, please download and fill in a membership form. You can choose between two different types of membership: Individual/Couples or Associate membership. Just click the appropriate link below and the form will automatically download PDF or MSWord file. If possible use the MS Word version given next and fill it in electonically and send by Email to nfg.members@gmail.com
Alternatively, you can download a WORD version of the membership forms. Please click on the appropriate link below and the form will open in a new window.
If you would like to know more about associate membership please contact:
John Simmonds
Email: nfg.members@gmail.com
Our Newsletter
Our Newsletter appears quarterly, in January, April, July and October, in both electronic and paper format: members choose one or the other. It usually runs to some 40 or so pages in A5 format, and covers both group news and articles of general interest to fruit growers.
Deliberately designed to reach both beginners and the very experienced, it is sometimes lighthearted and sometimes deadly serious, with news, comments and contributions from members far and wide, woven together by our long-suffering editor, (currently Jean Richards) who may be contacted at nfg.newsletter@gmail.com
To get a taste for our newsletter, you can read past editions:
Join us
Become a member of The Northern Fruit Group and join a group of like minded people, passionate about growing fruit in the North of England.
Our quarterly newsletter is packed full of information and inspiration not to be missed.
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