Sharing the harvest
among us all.

1 in 4 Baltimore City residents live in a food desert with limited access to healthy foods.

 

We work with schools, congregations, neighborhoods, and individuals to create productive sources of food, neighborhood gathering places, and lively ecosystems that keep Baltimore’s communities healthy.

Cultivating Orchards, Cultivating Communities

Our communities face hunger and malnutrition, overabundance of vacant lots, need for storm water management, poor nourishment, alienation from nature, and few green spaces for neighborhood recreation.

We focus on planting, harvesting, and stewardship to support Baltimore.

Home Orchard Project

The goal of BOP’s Home Orchard Project is to plant free micro-orchards in the yards of Baltimore City homeowners. With funding from the Sunshine for All program and additional donors, BOP pays professionals to plant 1 fruit tree, 2 blueberry bushes, and native perennial plants in the yards of approved BOP/HOP applicants. BOP currently is focusing on making yards in the Callaway-Garrison and Reservoir Hill neighborhoods more fruitful, but will be expanding to additional Baltimore City neighborhoods in the future. 

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Planting

Working with TreeBaltimore, we plant trees across the city to increase access to and production of local fruits and nuts, manage storm water runoff, improve air quality, and responsibly bring nature to the city.

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Harvesting

We harvest orchards, street trees, and approved private trees to give fruit away to human services organizations and sell in local underserved communities at more affordable prices.

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Stewardship

We connect volunteers with fruit and nut trees in their neighborhoods to learn proper tree care through lively workshops, events, and easy-to-follow illustrated training materials. Is there a fruit tree in your neighborhood?

Get Involved

Getting involved can mean different things for different people depending on time and resources. Between volunteering, partnering, donating and even registering your own fruit tree there may be an option that is right for you!

Register a fruit tree?
Registering a fruit or nut tree helps the Baltimore Orchard Project ensure that the tree is getting the care it needs and that its produce isn’t going to waste.