Urban Orchard Stewards

The Urban Orchard Stewards program trains local neighborhood volunteers to care for existing fruit trees in public parks. Urban Orchard Stewards is a public-private partnership between the City of Seattle and City Fruit, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of urban
fruit.

Five orchards were chosen for the pilot year:

• Meadowbrook Community Center
• Bradner Gardens
• Jose Rizal Park
• Martha Washington Park
• Burke-Gilman Trail near Gasworks Park

Watch for the Urban Orchards Stewards program to continue to grow in 2011. Pending further grant funding, three more
public orchards will be brought into the program. Come fall, existing teams hope to hold community fruit harvest events and cider pressings, and to increase the visibility of Seattle’s public orchards.

This program is funded by a grant from the Washington Department of Natural Resources’ Urban and Community Forestry program.