

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: MNFGA Spring Meeting for members and guests
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: 9:00 a.m. doors open with a coffee/water social hour 

10:00 the business meeting: election of officers, nut separator project status, finances, home &amp; garden show review, logo update, awards, online information, etc.

At 11:00 is the guest speaker: Will Hastings speaking via Zoom from the University of New Hampshire about northern hardy kiwis. There will be several varieties of kiwi male and female plants available to those in attendance for a donation.

Noon: lunch break

1:00 p.m. we will have a new "nutshell topics" with 4 different topics each getting 5-minutes: 1. introducing this new discuss method, 2. butternut leaf DNA study results, 3. tissue culture adventures at Nash Nursery, 4.  fall meeting preview

1:30 fundraising auction: we welcome all bidders and any nut/fruit related materials for the auction

Throughout the day, the scion table will be available for people to browse and pick up grafting materials. We also plan a "free table" if someone has trees/plants that they wish to re-home. Please note that no one should bring chestnut leafy materials from SW Michigan due to the invasive Asian chestnut gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu).

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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/east-lansing/mnfga-spring-meeting-for-members-and-guests/200029615438756
- **Event Categories**: meetups, trips-adventures, nonprofit, charities
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 35

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029615438756?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=east+lansing-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: East Lansing
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 524 S Shaw Ln, East Lansing, MI 48824-4509, United States
- **lat**: 42.72511
- **long**: -84.47722
- **full address**: 524 S Shaw Ln, East Lansing, MI 48824-4509, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Dennis Strahle (https://allevents.in/org/dennis-strahle/19300997)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 am (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 524 S Shaw Ln, East Lansing, MI 48824-4509, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Dennis Strahle
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meetups, trips-adventures, nonprofit, charities
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about MNFGA Spring Meeting for members and guests ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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