Orchard Care: Tree Crop Harvesting

August 15th : Tree Crop Harvesting Workshop.

Efficiently harvesting tree crops such as chestnuts is not as simple and straightforward a process as harvesting smaller annual plants like tomatoes. We will teach our attendees how to assess fruit ripeness, how to efficiently harvest tree crops and how to pack and prepare them for sale and distribution. Each of these classes can be taken à la carte or together as a skill-building series. All classes are $35 with discounts offered for signing up for the whole series. More information and full or half scholarships are available by contacting info@revivetheroots.org.

More information on parking etc. to come.

Meet your instructors!

Amanda : Pronouns - they/she

Amanda is a community-builder and creative with a penchant for plants. In their work with Revive the Roots and Nuts and Bolts Nursery Co-op, they focus on propagating edible perennials and cultivating ecological relationships.

Tyler : Pronouns - he/they

Tyler is a professional botanist who specializes in fruit and nut trees, integrated pest management and plant propagation. Special expertise in floriculture and chestnut trees. Passionate advocate for local agriculture.

Bradford : Pronouns - they/them

Throughout the years, Revive the Roots has been a place for Bradford to practice their passion of caring for and learning about plants and the natural systems they are a part of. As a first-time instructor, they invite you to explore what it means to be a part of your surrounding ecology in a meaningful way.

“Rehabilitating habitats and local ecology through native perennial plantings and invasive management has been a joy and at times a struggle. Watching the environment heal itself, with a little educated input and guidance, is really rewarding and feels like being part of a never-ending performative art piece where you are both the creator and the observer."