Participate in the care of this community orchard resource through joining monthly work parties!

If you're able to come, please bring personal pruning and/or landscaping tools, uniquely identified. And, of course, dress for the weather! We'll bring an orchard ladder, some buckets, and tools. Hope to see you there!

Tentative dates and plans:

Feb. 18: Winter pruning/Juniper removal

Mar. 17: Understory plants

April 21: Pollination, pest & disease management, weeding

May 19: Pest & disease management, weeding

June 16: Fruit thinning, pest & disease monitoring, irrigation preparation

July 21: Weeding, pruning, watering

Aug. 18: Weeding, watering, fallen fruit cleanup, some harvesting

Sept. 15: Tree harvest, fallen fruit cleanup, weeding

Oct. 20: Tree harvest, fallen fruit cleanup, weeding

Nov. 17: Putting SCOrch to bed