Saturday, April 17th 2021
NOTE: Friday April 16th, CANCELLED due to weather
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Each year we look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new in the beauty of the Trout Brook Valley Blueberry Patch as we prune the bushes and ready them for the harvest.
Sometimes the weather is warm spring sun, and sometimes we prune in snow flurries.
But we always appreciate and enjoy the support of our volunteers, old and new!
This year the group size will be limited to 25 pruners per session.
CDC Guidelines will be followed, and masks will be worn as appropriate. If you are able to attend please register, the form is below. Include the number of people that you think will be attending, if any pruning event reaches capacity you will be contacted.
ITEMS TO BRING:
Please bring your bypass hand pruners and loppers. Please make sure that your tools are sharp. You can easily sharpen them with a hand file if they are dull. If you want to buy some new equipment we recommend the 32-inch lopper, the cost is approximately $35. Don’t forget your mask!
DIRECTIONS:
From the intersection of Merritt Parkway and Rte 58 (Hi Ho Motor Inn), go north on Rte 58. Pass-thru light at Rte 136, continuing on 58. Pass Bluebird Gas Station and Restaurant on the left. After passing the Bluebird, take the third left (Redding Rd and Norton Rd are 1st two) onto Freeborn Road (sign at the end of the road), which is a couple of miles from Bluebird. Go left onto Freeborn. There will be woods on the left and right. When the woods stop on the left (first house lot) look to the right, there will be a dirt road through the woods, the access road to the Patch. Please park on Freeborn. If you are comfortable, please walk up the dirt road, pass thru an 8 ft farm gate into the orchard field. Follow the pathway about 300 yards, and you will see a second farm gate on the left. Go through this gate, and you will be at the blueberry bushes!