Portland Fruit Tree Project

We are CONSTANTLY adding dates to our volunteer calendar, so if you went today, you might miss what's posted tomorrow! 🗓️

🤓Don't miss an opportunity to work with us in the field or in the kitchen, get on the mailing list and get automated emails about things popping up near you! You can sort preferences by geographical area and interest, and get emails that are targeted just to you!

This is outside of our newsletter, which is obviously also awesome, but the volunteer feed can be your only coorespondance if you prefer. 🤗

with us!

Such an EASY way to learn orchard management with us! Join us for upcoming dates in the sunshine! 🍒🤗😎

Thinning fruitlets is an easy way for kids to get involved in our volunteer days as school comes to a close! Check for upcoming dates at www.portlandfruit.org/volunteer and learn more about doing your own thinning, and WHY, on our blog!🏡

ASK FROM US AS WE NEAR THE FINISH LINE - Please 🤗SHARE🤗 on your channels - JUST $5. 👏🙈 For some stellar high value prize packages put together by our volunteers!

Huge shout out to businesses that support local nonprofits... like our friends at the Pie Spot The Nines, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Portland, OR

🍒2 More Days to Enter to win!🍒 As the nonprofit partner for the SOLD OUT September show, we have a ticket giveaway through the end of May (that's just days away!).

How to win? Go to 😎 www.portlandfruit.org and click on the DONATE button at the top of the page, all new or current Fruit Bud sustaining members that increase a monthly donation will be entered. We are a small (but mighty) pool of PDXers, so let's just say your entry has a "solid" chance of winning the prize! 😆

We are beyond grateful to be chosen as a partner, and appreciate the support of Portland and in making the show all it can be to bring awareness to to local sustainability efforts, learn more about the campaign at 😎 jackjohnsonmusic.com

We have been building this small but mighty gleaning nonprofit up from the dust to tackle this harvest season. As the kids say; we're in this for the gains 💪 and we are killing it so far! We love data over here and wanted to share some of what's been going on since January.

The chart says a thousand words, but let's add a few more. So far this year, we have seen Fruit Fridge (and veggie!🫑🧄🧅🥕🥔) drop off donations soar. Nearly all of the 422lbs of produce donated since January has come from Fruit Fridge self harvest drop offs. The rest has been herbs and rhubarb harvested from community orchards in advance of fruit season.

🤗 Do you have a garden with more rhubarb, herbs, snap peas, or lettuce than you can pawn off on neighbors? Consider dropping it off at the East Side Fruit Fridge located at our office by Alberta Park ANY day or time that works for you!

Donated produce is picked up by Lift Urban Portland or .houseofworship and incorporated into their food pantries. That means that if you only have a few heads of lettuce or a pile of oregano, that's okay! There's nothing too small - or if you're a bigger grower (even a farm), there's nothing too big!

We are thrilled to be off to a record breaking start of the year, and are preparing orchards, supplies, vehicles, and our volunteer workforce for a mighty 2026 - won't you join us to ? 🥰🍓🍒🍇

We would like to give very special thanks to .co for this awesome gift, it will help us save a lot of fruit this year! Has anyone here tried tree netting? We would love to hear about your experiences!

🍒Cherry season seems to sneak up on our urban orchard tree owners, even those with the best of intentions 🤗

This year, we don't just want extra fruit to augment the supplies given to our pantry partners we NEED extra fruit, to augment a dwidling in support from the powers that be in our nation.

Check your cherries and register your trees for harvesting ://portlandfruit.org/request-a-harvest/ and let's get this record breaking harvest year in our urban orchard off to the races!

Huge shout out to businesses that support local nonprofits... like our friends at the .... the "Fruit of the Month" raffle package is a hot ticket item, and that ticket is JUST $5. 👏🙈

Grab some tickets, just a few more days until we draw a WINNER on May 30th.

👏NOW is the time.
To put it another way: 🍒The TIME is NOW! 🍒

🫐🍓🍈Register your mulberry, yellow plum, cherry trees, and fruiting bushes for harvesting!
😎Register as a volunteer in our system and get targeted invitations for harvests in your preferred area, all season long! Volunteers take home as much fruit as they want. 🥰

The state of the world and the prices of ... everything... got you down? Let's do something fun with what we have all around us (for free!) this season! Together we make Portland the place we want to live.

Sign up and share your fruit and the fruits of your labor, at www.portlandfruit.org