Giving Community Orchards a Head Start – With Free Fruit Tree Care Training and Trees!

Do you want to plant a community orchard, but you don’t have the cash to buy fruit trees and fruit tree care training? That was a problem faced by a number of community groups in Toronto and Guelph. Then they heard about the TreeMobile and Orchard People Edible Garden Grant which offers community groups free trees – and 8-hours of online fruit tree care training to go along with it.

The TreeMobile/Orchard People.com Edible Community Garden Awards includes a number of grants available to volunteer and non-profit projects. Awards are valued between $150 to $750 and include the delivery of trees alongside online fruit tree care training at www.orchardpeople.com.

This annual award is made possible through the donation of fruit trees by TreeMobile, a nonprofit volunteer-run plant delivery service which is associated with both Transition Toronto and Transition Guelph. The other partner is Orchard People is a company which specializes in online fruit tree care education and training.

The grants come in three tiers; the Garden Grant valued at $150; the Orchard Grant valued at $450; and the Edible Forest Grant, valued at $750. Grants are distributed in and around Toronto and Guelph. This year’s winners are a fantastic and diverse group, and each group has amazing potential. Their grants are well deserved – let’s see who they are!