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.

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.

Have you ever wanted to know more about spraying your trees, but didn't know where to start? 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.

After this class, you will have a basic understanding of how, what and when to spray your fruit trees to make them as healthy as they can be.

Partnerships can be a powerful way to grow and sustain community orchards—but only when they’re the right fit. In this one-hour workshop, Aleah Likas will walk community orchard stewards through practical, real-world strategies for building partnerships that truly align with their mission. Together, we’ll explore how to identify potential partners whose values and CSR goals match your work, and how to approach them in ways that make saying “yes” easy and meaningful.

The workshop will also focus on how to make the most of partnerships once they’re established. 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. Stewards will leave with clear ideas, helpful tools, and more confidence to build partnerships that support both their orchard and their community.

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