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  1. Help us rescue surplus fruit, reduce food waste, and share fresh, local produce with community members who need it most.

    In 2024, we harvested 30,757 lbs of fruit with the help of 151 volunteers!

    Through the #FruitTreeProject - we harvest fruit that would otherwise go to waste—and ensure it reaches community members who need it most. By transforming how people engage with the Urban Orchard and with one another, we’re reimagining what a connected, resilient local food system can look like!

    Your donation helps sustain this invaluable program, which has been operating since 1994 — a long-standing pillar of community care and food-sharing in the Greater Victoria Area.

    Every contribution counts.
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    Running the Fruit Tree Project costs approximately $145,000 per year. Your donations directly support:

    Wages for staff who coordinate harvests and volunteers

    Coordination for fruit redistribution

    Vehicle and fuel expenses to reach trees across the region

    Insurance to keep everyone safe

    Cold storage to preserve fruit

    Website administration and outreach tools to connect with the community

    Every dollar helps us rescue more fruit, support more families, and strengthen Greater Victoria’s local food system!

    #Nonprofit #FoodSecurity #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #FeedingCommunity #ReduceFoodWaste #DonationsNeeded #CommunityWork #LifecyclesProject #LocalFoodSystems #FoodSharing #CommunityCare

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  2. Whether you are a regular park visitor, or have never heard of #WellandCommunityOrchard before, come out and explore with a guided 1 hour #tour of this incredible community resource. Learn about some of the 100 + heritage apple varieties planted in the orchard, as well as some fruit trees you may have never heard of before such as Plout and Medlar! Plus learn about some of the interesting features on site including rainwater collection, pollinator habitat and native plant gardens.

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    #GuidedTours of the #CommunityOrchard is by public donation with all funds going back into orchard needs/upkeep/stewardship. We are grassroots nonprofit.

    The tour will be followed by a Welland Orchard Work Party from 1pm-3pm. If you plan to attend both, feel free to bring a lunch and enjoy a picnic in the orchard. For more information about the work party or to sign up, please visit the Gleaning Hub at gleaning.lifecyclesproject.ca

    #CommunityBuilding #CommunityWork #LifecyclesProject #Grassroots #nonprofit #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #stewardship #CommunityPark #CommunityOrchard #orchard #educational #FruitTrees

  3. Come on out & #volunteer for fun #signmaking at #WellandCommunityOrchard with me & others!
    There's 2 days for new signs making work to be done. I'll be there on both days 😊

    Monday, July 21st, 10am-12pm.
    Sunday, July 27th, 1pm-3pm.
    Join in as we start on a new project of creating some beautiful and engaging #signage in the orchard. Together we will be working on sanding, painting and varnishing wooden signs to label each fruit tree in the orchard! Artistic skills are welcome but not required.

    You can register for all volunteer shifts on the Gleaning Hub:
    gleaning.lifecyclesproject.ca/

    The Monday sign making #workparty is followed with an afternoon orchard work party - we need help with pruning fruit trees, weeding & general orchard care duties.

    #HelpersWanted #Volunteering #CommunityBuilding #CommunityWork #LifecyclesProject #Grassroots #nonprofit #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #stewardship #CommunityPark #CommunityOrchard #orchard #MakeSigns
    #Contribute #VolunteersWanted #LendAHand #NoExperienceNeeded #HelpingHands #VolunteersCall

  4. Rex Welland was a longtime local resident who loved collecting lots of #HeritageApple species. He spent a lifetime, collecting cuttings & grafting to grow in his large backyard. He donated this land, which was his backyard, as part of #LandConservancy agreement with the Town of View Royal to keep it as a heritage orchard for the community to steward & share.

    There's 125 heritage #apple species growing there.

    #WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #Edible #Food #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #FruitTrees #orchard #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #fruits #AppleTrees #CommunityStewarship #GrowingFood #GrowingFruits #CommunityPark #YYJHistory

  5. #Hardhack aka #RoseSpirea - #SpiraeaDouglasii

    #NativePlant in #PacificNorthwest regions. We've used this plant at several habitat/ecological restoration areas - across Southern #VancouverIsland. It is an excellent plant for riparian revegetation & pollinators love their bright pink, tiny flowers too.

    #PNW #Indigenous peoples use the plant for making brooms & for hanging seafood to cook.

    It grows in almost any soil conditions, even very dry & gravelly soil but prefers boggy/wet areas.

    #WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #LegacyPark #YYJ #FlowersIdentification #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #NativeFlowers #CommunityStewarship #CommunityPark #PollinatorGarden #bloomscrolling #florespondence