Join us for a summer pruning workparty in partnership with the team at City Soil Farms in Renton! Summer pruning is great for shaping and reducing the size of a tree, identifying and removing deadwood, and thinning trees which are crowded and/or overproducing. Come refresh on fruit tree pruning basics with us! Please view thisContinue reading "Summer pruning workparty at City Soil Farms"
With the harvest season in full swing, City Fruit has an abundance of fruit! Currently, many of our partner food banks are at their capacity for accepting certain fruit donations, so we are looking for alternative ways to store and utilize the fruit! This volunteer session would involve de-pitting and halving fruit so that theyContinue reading "Processing excess fruit at City Fruit office"
Join us for an apple harvest at Longacres Racetrack -- the site of a historic horse racetrack in Renton! The property is home to around 120 apple trees, many at least 30 years old and used historically to feed some of the resident racetrack horses! If pest free, the apples harvested from the property willContinue reading "Longacres Racetrack apple harvest"
As part of Cornish College Gives Back program, 15 students will be learning fruit tree pruning at Linden Orchard Park! This is a closed event. Please email Tiare at [email protected] for volunteer or education opportunities for youth groups.
Join us for an apple harvest at Longacres Racetrack -- the site of a historic horse racetrack in Renton! The property is home to around 120 apple trees, many at least 30 years old and used historically to feed some of the resident racetrack horses! If pest free, the apples harvested from the property willContinue reading "Longacres Racetrack apple harvest"
Join City Fruit and the McAuliffe Park Team for a harvest and orchard clean-up event! We will be taking a pest-prevention net off of one of the apple trees, harvesting remaining apples, and picking up windfall apples off the orchard floor to mitigate against insect and rodent pests. High quality, pest-free apples will be sharedContinue reading "Harvest and orchard clean-up at McAuliffe Park"
This is a closed event. A group of youth from Eton Elementary and two local girl scout troops will be working with City Fruit to harvest and clean-up apples at Longacres Orchard! Interested in having your group out for a team-building and education event? Please email Tiare at [email protected] for volunteer or education opportunities forContinue reading "Longacres Harvest with Eton Elementary and girl scout troops!"
For more information and to sign-up for this volunteer event, please visit: https://timecounts.org/city-fruit/events/38505
For more information and to sign-up for this volunteer event, please visit: https://timecounts.org/city-fruit/events/38506
For more information and to sign-up for this volunteer event, please visit: https://timecounts.org/city-fruit/events/38507
Join us for an apple harvest at Longacres Racetrack -- the site of a historic horse racetrack in Renton! The property is home to around 120 apple trees, many at least 30 years old and used historically to feed some of the resident racetrack horses! If pest free, the apples harvested from the property willContinue reading "Longacres apple harvest and cider press with community volunteers & a boyscout troop!"
Join us for a winter pruning workparty in partnership with the Friends of Piper's Orchard! Winter pruning helps invigorate new healthy growth in the spring and supports fruit production in the summer! Volunteer sign-up link: https://timecounts.org/city-fruit/events/48293 Photos from event!: