2019-2020 POP School Orchard Program Update

POP Community Agreement and Land Acknowledgement

What does the next 10-20 years hold for the future of community orchards, education, and perennial food security? After 12 years of planting community orchards,… Read More

Announcing the POP Learning Orchard at the Woodlands!

The Philadelphia Orchard Project and The Woodlands are excited to announce a new partnership and the establishment of the POP Learning Orchard at The Woodlands,… Read More

Community Gardens during the time of the novel coronavirus

Interest in gardening has skyrocketed in the last few months here in the city of Philadelphia. In an escalating number of urban gardens with many… Read More

Japanese Knotweed: Edible, Medicinal, Invasive!

Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica, Fallopia japonica or Polygonum cuspidatum) was originally introduced to the United States as an ornamental plant in the late 1800s and… Read More

Vermicomposting: Using Worms to Speed Up Compost Production

Much food and yard waste simply gets thrown ‘away’ and sent to landfills or incinerators. Composting allows organic wastes to slowly convert back into soil-like… Read More

Lancaster’s Backyard Fruit Growers

The informal association of Backyard Fruit Growers (BYFG) began in 1990 as an exchange of information for amateurs and others in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who… Read More

Creating Accessible Education & Outreach – Introducing Our Haverford Student Researchers & New Intern!

One of this year’s goals for POP’s School Orchard Program was to compile more research and resources for making orchard education accessible for learners of… Read More

2019 POP Orchard Partner Survey Summary

POP surveys all of our orchard partners at season’s end and we like to share what we’ve learned! Each year, we ask partners about their… Read More