Beacon Food Forest

Calling all fruit tree enthusiasts!🍋🍎🥭🍊🍐🍇

Come learn about fruit tree pruning from 9am-2pm on Saturday February 28th at BFF. Find out best practices for winter pruning of apples, mulberries, pears, persimmons, nut trees, figs and more!🍐

Each year we give our trees a much needed haircut so that they continue to grow and thrive and provide delicious free fruit to all.

This is a free workshop at the forest with experienced arborists who will guide volunteers through pruning techniques. All are welcome, no prior experience or registration required!

9am: Meet at the Food Forest Gathering Plaza for coffee and pastries. Core volunteer Will Rak will give a pruning basics overview. Handouts will be shared and the group will discuss best practices.

10am-1pm: Breakout groups will form and move off into the forest for work on specific fruits/areas.

1-2pm: Clean-up of debris and tool storage. Final walk through of the site to inspect work done by all groups. Snack packs available for munching.

What to Bring: Water and weather appropriate clothing.🌦️Also please bring gloves, pruners, hand saws or any other tree trimming equipment you may have. We will have some of these tools available, but probably not enough for all. Lysol disinfectant spray is also recommended for cleaning tools between trees.

Calling all interested volunteers!!!🍎🥑🌷🥦🌼🥬🥕🍄🌿🫜🍓🍐🍊

Join us at Beacon Food Forest this Saturday 2/21 for our February work party! Learn, experience, and get to know our Beacon Food Forest community a little more🌱
Our Saturday Work party is from 10am-2pm. Things YOU can do to participate in the fun include:
~Helping design/build the Young People's Garden
~Be a part of a creative space through our accessible art activity in the gathering plaza🎨
~Meet new friends and BFF team members
~Indulge in our Potluck lunch party at 1 pm!

Dress warmly (as rain is to be expected🌧️) and in your best gardening attire! Don't forget your water bottle to stay healthy and hydrated🚰

We look forward to seeing you there😊All are welcome

Join us at Beacon Food Forest this Saturday 1/17 for our first Work Party of 2026! 🌿Come out to Care for the Forest, connect with the land and meet new friends. Forecast is Sunny weather!

Our monthly 3rd Saturday Work party 10am-2pm stewardship opportunities include:
~Creating a base for retaining walls for new P-patches
~Planning and mapping new irrigation lines
~Building raised beds in the Young Person's Garden
~Processing compost
~ An accessible art activity in the gathering plaza
🎉 Potluck lunch at 1pm.🥘 We have tools, bring a water bottle and weather appropriate clothes and shoes. All Welcome!🌿

Only 2 days left to bid! 🎉 Don’t miss your chance to support Beacon Food Forest and take home some awesome items from our local community! 🌱Online Auction runs until midnight tomorrow 12/30✨Link in the Bio✨

Dear Community,
Here at Beacon Food Forest, the end of the year has us reflecting on all the huge accomplishments we've undertaken this year. Here are just a few that come to mind:

- Hiring a new Site & Programs Director
- Expanding the Food Bank Plot to three times last year's size
- Donating over 700 lbs of food to local food banks!
- Wall construction and gravel compaction around the ADA toolshed and education circle
- Hiring a part time Grants & Fundraising Coordinator
- Starting construction on 12 new p-patches, including 2 ADA accessible garden plots
- Switching our education model from paid workshops, to free community classes!

All these changes are huge and exciting, and will bring untold benefits to the community. However, they also require funds and support to continue. If you believe in the work we're doing to promote food justice, land reciprocity, and urban reforestation then please consider bidding in our end of year fundraiser and Auction. Each of these items were thoughtfully donated by members of our community, and all proceeds go directly to growing and improving the Food Forest!
The Beacon Food Forest is funded entirely through community support.

Grow Together: Beacon Food Forest’s Annual Online Auction Bid, donate, and help our community food forest thrive for seasons to come.