Growers
Welcome Growers
As a part of the River Hills Harvest family of growers, you can be assured of maximum support for your efforts, and answers to your questions. Our collaboration with University Extension Research folks keeps us up-to-date on the latest ways to be successful growing elderberries. We host mentoring workshops, an annual beginner's workshop and the Comprehensive Elderberry Workshop, so you can get together and learn, from the experts and from each other. Thanks for being a part of our team.
Planting Instructions
For thorough instructions on the planting, care, and keeping of elderberry plants checkout our Planting Instructions document
Upcoming Events
River Hills Harvest
will be here!
Perennial Farm Gathering
Dubuque, IA December 6 - 7
Acres Eco-Ag Conference
Minneapolis, MN December 12 -13
Great Plains Conference
St. Joseph, MO January 9 -11
Southern SAWG Conference
Little Rock, AR January 23 - 25
Mid-America Organic Growers Conference
Independence, MO January 23 - 25
OEFFA Conference
Dayton, OH February 13 -15
MOSES Conference
La Crosse, WI February 27 - 29
Resources for new growers
The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry
has authored a guide to growing and marketing elderberries in Missouri
The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry
has developed a tool to assist with elderberry establishment and management decisions
Video Presentations
An elderberry wine making class
from the University of Missouri
From The University of Missouri Extension - CAFNER
"Elderberry: A Rapidly Growing Specialty
Crop in the U.S. Midwest"
From North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education