Events and Workshops

We host educational work parties in orchards throughout the year!  These tend to last 2-4 hours on Saturday mornings and cover seasonal topics such as:

• Winter Pruning

• Spring Mulching

• Spring Tree-planting

• Summer Pruning

• Thinning, Bagging, and Netting 

• Summer and Fall Harvest

• Fall Orchard Clean-up

• Winter Integrated Pest Management

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Courses and Workshops

Looking for a single workshop on pruning, pest management, or other tree care task?  See our scheduled workshop dates below to register for a session.  Cost of attendance is on a sliding scale: we welcome donations of $0-25 per person per session. 

If you work or volunteer with a team of gardeners or orchardists that would like a private group workshop, please contact Julian at [email protected]

Current public workshop dates:

02/26/2022 (10-12 pm) Free pruning workshop at New Start Community Garden in Burien (Click here to register).

03/19/2022 (10-1 pm) – Free pruning workshop at City Soil Farms in Renton (Click here to register).

Are you ready to take your passion for our urban orchard to the next level? Check out our Master Fruit Tree Stewards Program, designed to prepare community members to grow, cultivate and care for fruit trees in the greater Seattle community!