Participants will learn how to activate partners through hands-on opportunities like volunteer events, use simple tools to help partners share and amplify orchard stories, and leverage existing relationships to open doors to new, mission-aligned connections.
Participants will learn how soil health connects to tree immunity, how to encourage beneficial insects through habitat and organic management practices, and when (and when not) to intervene.
Join us for a practical, idea-packed webinar on signage for community projects
This introductory workshop will guide community orchardists through the essentials of growing Asian pears in shared orchard settings.
This one-hour, beginner-friendly workshop introduces community orchard stewards to the basics of IPM with a focus on practical, low-stress approaches that work in shared, public orchard spaces.
Join us for an introductory workshop on growing pawpaws, a unique native fruit tree well-suited for community orchards.
This practical workshop focuses on how community orchardists can make the most of their harvest by preserving fresh fruit and creatively using secondary fruit.
This workshop introduces community orchardists to the role of cover crops in improving soil health, supporting beneficial insects, and increasing overall ecosystem diversity.
This workshop explores how community orchards can use ecosystem and stewardship data to strengthen fundraising and storytelling efforts.
Scaffold branches? Heading Cuts? Growth hormones? How do we ensure healthy loads of fruit every season? Pruning! Join our beginner-friendly workshop on dormant season pruning for fruit trees! Learn the essential techniques to promote healthy growth, improve fruit yield, and maintain strong, productive trees through the years. Whether you're new to pruning or looking to refine your skills, this hands-on session will give you the confidence to care for your fruit trees year-round.
Managing an orchard or garden space is more than planting seeds, watering and weeding. The best way to help a community space thrive is engagement!
Join us for this interactive workshop where we will talk about some simple ideas (including templates and examples) on how you can engage people in your orchard space. We will learn together and from each other - and make a plan to implement these new ideas in the spring.
Want to improve the health of your trees and also increase your harvest? In this workshop, learn how to use microbes and easily make your own amendments to fight pests & diseases and get more fruit each season! We’ll cover the preparations of fermented plant juice, lactic acid bacteria, vinegar extractions, and how to use them in the orchard.
Learn all about the basics of canning, fermentation and making fruit vinegars to extend your harvest all year long.
Understory Management Strategies for Pollinators Free Workshop
Learn how to support your trees in the face of a changing climate.
As the growing season kicks off, it’s time to sharpen your skills in identifying and managing orchard pests and diseases before they become serious problems. This beginner-friendly workshop is designed for community orchardists, home growers, and anyone tending fruit trees who wants to gain confidence in monitoring tree health.
From building air-pruned nursery beds, to day-to-day nursery management, and encouraging diversity through seed saving, learn all that you need to know to start your own nursery in your backyard or community garden!
Learn all about holistic orchard sprays, the ingredients that make them up and how you can use them to make healthy trees with better fruit.
Learn the essential techniques to promote healthy growth, improve fruit yield, and maintain strong, productive trees through the years.
Join us for this interactive workshop where we will talk about some simple ideas (including templates and examples) on how you can engage people in your orchard space.
