SHARE Orchard, Allegheny, North Philly.  POP and SHARE worked together for the first phase of a plan to create an urban farming demonstration site that will inspire and teach those needing emergency food support to be able to grow their own!  Dozens of volunteers came together in the rain to spread a mountain of compost and plant an orchard including figs, jujubes, and pears.    The orchard will be expanded this spring and the harvest will supplement regional emergency food sources with fresh, organic produce.   
  
Evelyn Sanders Orchard, Fairhill, North Philadelphia.  The Women's Community Revitalization Project collaborated with POP in planting this orchard as a community space in their new housing development for young mothers and their families.  The orchard of apples, peaches, hazelnuts, cherries, and hardy kiwi vines will be cared for by staff and resident volunteers and the harvest will be distributed within the community. 

Greenfield Elementary Orchard, Center City.  Over sixty students, teachers, and POP volunteers worked together to plant this small edible forest garden, part of an ambitious ecological upgrade of the school's landscape known as the Greening of Greenfield.  In addition to planting the fruit trees, students were particularly excited about all the edible herbs they could sample immediately, including chives, french sorrel, and lemon balm.   

Roxborough Orchard, Roxborough.  POP worked with volunteers from the Roxborough Presbyterian Church to expand their new community garden with an orchard of pears, plums, persimmons, and more.   Half of the harvest will be distributed to a local food bank and the rest shared among community gardeners. 

Orchard Care Days.  Volunteers helped our community partners clean up and care for existing orchards in events at the Hartranft Elementary Orchard, United Communities Orchard, Strawberry Mansion Children's Orchard at Woodford, Cambria Orchard, Nicetown Orchard, and Teens 4 Good Orchard.  Additional plantings were also accomplished at Strawberry Mansion, Teens 4 Good, Fairhill Orchard, and Weavers Way Farm. 

POP Nursery, East Mount Airy.  In a partnership with Weavers Way Farm, volunteers assisted in propagating some plant materials for POP's orchards.  Donors from across the city have also donated plants to expand the nursery.