City Fruit and the Troll's Knoll P-Patchers are planting a new orchard! We started the orchard planning process in late 2022, and with the help of volunteers from Salesforce, have cleared the planting area of debris and sheet-mulched the ground to prepare the soil! On March 2nd, we will have leveled the soil and builtContinue reading "Troll’s Knoll P-Patch Tree Planting"
Join us for a tree planting event in partnership with the City of Kirkland and Tilth Alliance! We will be planting trees and berry bushes in various locations around the orchard. The park already has some historic fruit trees, but we are planting additional fruit trees to diversify the varieties for community members to access!Continue reading "McAuliffe Park & Orchard Tree Planting"
Join us for a winter pruning workparty at Holy Cross 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/48297
Join us for a winter pruning workparty in partnership with InterimCDA at Danny Woo Community Garden! Winter pruning helps invigorate new healthy growth in the spring and supports fruit production in the summer! Please make sure to bring your mask and we will supply the necessary tools all sanitized and ready to go! And likeContinue reading "Winter Pruning at Danny Woo Community Garden"
Join for a summer pruning workparty at McAuliffe Park & Orchard! Volunteer sign-up: https://timecounts.org/city-fruit/events/48302
Join us for a transparent apple harvest at McAuliffe Park & Orchard! Volunteer sign-up: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/UvxbX4HPv09okL34mtqGgw
Join us for a Transparent apple harvest at Holy Cross Orchard! Transparent apples are an early varietal of apple that originates from Latvia in the 1850s. In notes shared from Holy Cross orchard steward, Micki Larimer, the White Transparent apple (also known by the name ‘Papirovka’) is famous for making especially creamy and flavorful applesauce. Continue reading "Holy Cross Transparent Apple Harvest"
Linden Park Orchard is a small neighborhood orchard that shares the space with a community p-patch garden. Join us for an apple harvest and meet some of the garden's p-patchers! Volunteer sign-up link: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/DFpqUXyCEJjJsKqRuRhCFQ
What better way to celebrate upcoming National Apple Day then to harvest apples! A team from Unico Properties will be joining City Fruit for an apple harvest at Longacres Racetrack Orchard in Renton. Longacres is home to around 120 apple trees, with much of the fruit accessible from the ground! This particular event is closedContinue reading "Longacres Racetrack Orchard Harvest with Unico Properties!"
Join us for a harvest workparty at McAuliffe Park & Orchard in honor of National Apple Day on 09/25/23! Volunteer sign-up link: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/3rZuPe93lOEcSrhEQAiBeA
Join us for a harvest workparty at Longacres Orchard! Home to 120 apple trees, Longacres is a great place for individual, group, and youth harvesting events! This will be a combined public community harvest and corporate harvest with a group of 20 volunteers from Weyerhaeuser. Sign-up to volunteer at this event here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/0pp5q8MZzSQj_EbB9TserA
Join us for a harvest workparty at Longacres Orchard! Home to 120 apple trees, Longacres is a great place for individual, group, and youth harvesting events! Sign-up to volunteer at this event here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/1661MHeP-M9MciG2bCJSIQ