Share Your Fruit
Seattle is home to tens of thousands of fruit trees. Every year, City Fruit harvests 30,000-45,000 pounds of organic fruit from fruit trees on residential properties and public orchards across Seattle. This fruit is shared with local food banks and meal programs across the city. The remaining imperfect fruit is sold to local bakeries, cideries and restaurants to support our mission.
Are you interested in having City Fruit harvest your fruit? Complete the Harvest Interest Form below.
*If City Fruit has harvested from your tree before, you do not need to complete the form below. You will receive an email 2-3 weeks before your tree’s ripening period with a link to schedule your harvest.
If you are interested in sharing your fruit, please review the types of fruit we can accept. If you think your tree is a match, fill out our Harvest Interest Form. Please share the tree type, size, number, accessibility, and location of your tree(s). You can sign up your tree with us at any point in the year. Trees need to be registered into our system only once. Due to the high volume of requests from July to September, sign up forms received during this time may not be contacted until the following harvest season.
We will review your submission and let you know if we can harvest your tree. We need to assess if the tree is feasible for us to harvest and redistribute. For example, if your tree is located on a steep slope, uneven ground, or precarious spot, we may be unable to effectively harvest your tree.
Once we process your Harvest Interest Form, we will send you a link to schedule your Harvest Date. City Fruit sends harvesters out mid-June through October throughout Seattle. All tree owners must agree to our Harvest Agreement Terms to schedule a harvest.
Once you have registered your tree with us, you do not need to do it again. We will email you every year 2-3 weeks prior to the ripening period of your tree. The email will include a link for you to schedule a date for our team to come harvest your tree(s).
If you have multiple trees ripening at different periods, you will receive an email each time to schedule a harvest. If you have not yet received the schedule link but your fruit is ripening, please contact [email protected]
We are now requesting a suggested tax-deductible donation on our scheduling form. Sharing your fruit supports our ability to distribute it to community partners, however, it takes a great deal of staff time and resources to schedule, organize, harvest, and distribute fruit to our partners across the city. Please know, every gift, no matter the size, greatly supports our work!
Harvest Day! Our harvest team will arrive between 9am-3pm and harvest for 1-2 hours. We do not require you to be home at the time of harvest. We will knock/ring at the front door or text to let you know we have arrived and are beginning to harvest. NOTE: your harvest appointment with say a start time between 9-10am, however our team may arrive anytime before 3pm!
Check out our City Fruit Ripening Guide to ensure your fruit is ripe before our team arrives at your home to harvest. We can reschedule if the fruit is not ready. You do not need to be home when we come to harvest. We will leave a receipt after the harvest with the total number of pounds they harvested from your tree.