Giving Grove

11/10/2025

🍎✨ Hidden orchards, forgotten flavors, and a road trip to rediscover America’s rarest apples. This story feels close to our roots.

From Maine’s misty hillsides to the heart of Kansas City, people everywhere are working to preserve fruit trees and the stories they hold. 🌳❤️

Read the The Wall Street Journal article to see how orchardists are reviving lost varieties and why it matters for the future of our food and communities.

👉 https://loom.ly/yOKHvfY

11/06/2025

Every tree tells a bigger story — of food, climate, and community growing together. 🌳💚

11/04/2025

As the growing season wraps up, your orchard still needs a little love! 🌳❄️ Winter care helps protect roots, prevent pests, and ensure healthy growth come spring. Learn how to prep your trees for a strong start next season on our blog: www.givinggrove.org/blog-reference/winter-orchard-prep

11/04/2025

🌳 Teachers & School Staff — This one’s for you!
Did you know that over 20% of Giving Grove orchards are planted in school environments? These outdoor spaces are bursting with potential for hands-on learning, creativity, and connection to nature.

Join us on November 13 at 1 pm CT for a free interactive webinar co-hosted by ReTreeUS on how to make the most of your school’s garden or orchard space — even if it’s currently underused.

Can’t make it live? Register anyway, and we’ll send you the recording! 🎥
https://loom.ly/8L3k4TM

10/30/2025

Meet the honeyberry!
These early-ripening, cold-hardy berries are sweet, tart, and packed with nutrients, perfect for community orchards.

Giving Grove is helping them grow in St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Detroit — keep your eye out for them next summer 🌱

Learn more here: https://loom.ly/XGE7RfI

10/26/2025

PRE-SALE 🍎 Fruit Tree Nerd Tee!

For everyone who geeks out over grafting, mulch, and community orchards—this comfy, eco-friendly shirt is made from recycled bottles. 100% of proceeds support planting and caring for little orchards nationwide!

🌳 Ships or ready for pickup early November 2025.
Click here: https://loom.ly/WFcgQg8

10/23/2025

Fall planting is in full swing across Giving Grove cities! Thanks to the generous support of our friends at OXO, six new community orchards are taking root, growing fresh, sustainable food, cleaning the air, and transforming neighborhood greenspaces into places of connection and resilience.

We’re so grateful for OXO’s partnership and their ongoing commitment through 1% for the Planet, supporting causes that build sustainable food systems, food education, and food access. 🌱

10/20/2025

🌱 What once was an abandoned lot is now a thriving garden and orchard. In our latest blog, meet Rebecca Koop, an artist, gardener, and community builder whose vision transformed a corner of KC’s Northeast into the St. John Community Gardens.

St. John Community Garden is supported by Kansas City Community Gardens, a Giving Grove affiliate.

✨ Read the full story on our blog https://www.givinggrove.org/blog-reference/from-clay-to-seed

10/17/2025

10/15/2025

Extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate threats, and cities are especially vulnerable because concrete traps heat.

In Durham, NC, researchers used more than 40 sensors across the city to measure urban heat more accurately than a single airport weather station. This groundbreaking data will help communities protect people and plan smarter, cooler cities with vegetative land cover 🌳

▶️ Watch the full story on YouTube: https://loom.ly/oI6OB7M

10/10/2025

🌳 Trees are more than shade and fruit, they’re healers, connectors, and quiet builders of community. In our latest blog, Ashley Vernon Williamson, Co-Executive Director of Giving Grove, reflects on her lifelong bond with trees and shares research from Dr. Geof Donovan on how trees strengthen public health and resilience.

✨ Read the full story on our blog 👉 www.givinggrove.org/blog-reference/orchards-as-a-public-health-intervention