Spring is here and we did some memory card organizing!! 🐛🌱🐌 Looking back on 2025 fruit season and looking forward to the upcoming season! If you’re interested in learning more and/ or joining in on the harvest this year don’t hesitate to email or DM with any questions !!! Enjoy the blossoms out there!
😮🎻Few more days left till the Spring Equinox 😮🎻 We've spotted some blooming trees, and are starting to think about the fruit season already.
If you've been thinking about pruning your fruit tree's now is the time (ideally pre-bloom) ! Don't have the tools or don't want to buy new ones? We'll... Vancouver Tool Library is here to help. VTL is a cooperative tool lending library in East Vancouver. VTL has pruners, hand saw's and ladders available so you tackle your seasonal prune. Check them out.
If you're looking to learn some pruning basics and missed our Workshop, @urbanbountyrichmond is running a few workshops in early April. There's also plenty of great online resources including @homeorchardeducationcenter@orchardpeople and many more. Don't hesitate to reach out and we're happy to send some resources your way.
Happy Pruning!
❄️Winter Tree Care Workshop! ❄️
If you are looking to learn about tree care 🫶🏼, we are running an upcoming fruit tree pruning workshops with Levon from @foodscapeenterprises ! The workshop will cover the essentials of pruning, how to’s, and general tips for healthy trees and good fruit harvest’s. This is an introductory workshop and the goal is for you to feel empowered to try pruning yourself!
When :
* Saturday March 7th - 11AM
(Grandview Woodland Neighbourhood)
Location details will be sent 24hr before workshop. You will receive confirmation email before hand.
RSVP: Please email [email protected] to RSVP, including your name, contact information.
$25 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF).
Please reach out if this is a barrier, we are happy to work with budgets and want to make this accessible!
Further info: The workshop will be happening outdoors, rain or shine! Be prepared to dress appropriately for weather. We suggest bringing a folding chair if standing for long period of times is challenging (possibility VFTP to provide one if needed).
Don’t hesitate to reach out with further questions. DMs / email is open. 💌
Poster inspired by 80's @resist.war design.
🗣 VFTP IS LOOKING FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS
⭐️ We are seeking 2 new individuals to join our board of directors. The position is for a two-year term of office. As a registered grassroots charity operated in a modest annual budget, we rely on our committed & enthusiastic board and volunteers to keep the project running. We are looking to fill the following positions : Board Member At Large & Treasurer.
🍐 About VFTP: We are a volunteer run, community based, registered charity that has been tackling local food waste and food insecurity in Vancouver since 1999. Our mission is to celebrate the bounty of the urban orchard, aid inclusive food networks and cultivate community. Since our inception we’ve rescued over 123,000 lbs of fruit and redistributed them to different organizations that offer food programming including community center a, food hubs, day cares, senior homes, shelters and more.
🔗see link in BIO for more details and please share with your networks.
The VFTP offers a unique opportunity to learn and grow, and we encourage anyone to apply, who is passionate about community food security.
If you want to express your interest/ have any questions about the roles please email : [email protected] by Friday February 27th.
Poster Design/Image pulled from Alice Waters "Chez Panisse, Fruit" Recipe Book. ( @alicelouisewaters ) .
We’ve been hibernating a lil and scheming for the 2026 fruit season 🍎 We’ve got a few winter happening this month, here’s a little update:
* Support VFTP by trying one of @aiyaohno.cafe delicious hot chocolate specials for 2026 Hot Chocolate Festival . Happening till this Saturday February 14th 💚 treat someone you love & support fruit gleaners in the city!
* Come say hi to VFTP team members at one of two Heritage Week events this month! @vancouverheritagefdn
* We are recruiting board members for our next AGM, happening March 11th! If you’ve been interested in getting involved with VFTP this is a great opportunity to support community building & food security <3 More info this week and don’t hesitate to reach out via email with any questions!
* Lastly : stay tuned for upcoming Pruning Workshop Information 🪚👀
We’re looking forward to prepping for fruit season :D thanks for following along !
WOW! What an incredible start to the year. Thanks to our amazing community’s dedication to using reusable bags 🛍️ for the month of January we were able to raise funds for the Vancouver Fruit Tree Project! 🍊🍏
🎺🥝Come Celebrate With Us! 🥝🎺
⭐️ We are having our Season Wrap Up event on Monday December 8th at Food Stash Foundation! We’ll be celebrating the bountiful 2025 season and would love for you to join.
💥 This is a free event, donations are welcomed & encouraged <3
💥 Snacks, BINGO & Food Stash Foundation tour!
💥 Make your own Apple Cider Vinegar Start with Angela Hoy (Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, Master Gardener, Recycler & Composter) . We will have glass jars but please bring your own. Bigger = more A.C.V for you!
When: Monday Dec 8th, 7PM- 9PM
Where: 290 E 1st Avenue, Unit 100
This is a great opportunity for new, existing, interested community members to connect & learn more about the organization as well as local fruit! 🍐
Please RSVP via our event brite page or DM/email ([email protected]).
Accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible entrance available - let us know in your RSVP. Masks are not mandatory but will be made available at the event.
There is limited street parking, so we do recommend encouraging attendees to use transit where possible
We hope to see you there!!
Deep into Fall after a few weeks of relaxing, staying cosy, hiding from the rain we picked up our gear for a few persimmon harvests! Yay! We’re so proud of the 2025 fruit season, thanks to all of our volunteers & supporters we’ve managed to harvest 12,767 lbs of fruit and run 114 picks ⭐️🐛 this includes apples, crab apples, pears, Asian pears, quinces, persimmons, cherries, plums and grapes !
Stay tuned for updates regarding our Season Wrap Up event which will be happening the first week of December. We’ll be celebrating the urban orchard and looking back on an awesome harvest season ⭐️🎶
VFTP building a Asian pear specific recipe zine & looking for your input 🎶
This season we harvested and distributed over 1,100 lbs of Asian/nashi pears 😮. To celebrate the urban bounty, build awareness and encourage people to try something new, we’re looking to put together a community recipe zine that will be freely accesible online! If you are interested in submitting a recipe please see the link in our bio to access the google form for recipe proposals. Please do not submit the actual recipe at this stage. Honorariums available for successful recipe applicant’s 💙
Form will be open till Friday November 7th.
If you have any questions you can email : [email protected]
Deadline extended to end of November.
If you are looking for some ideas in the kitchen before the zine launch, this poster includes tags to chefs with relevant recipes :)
🍒VIFF Fruit Tree Cinephile Selects🍒
We’re still out here harvesting & sharing fruit but ready to enjoy some cozy dark evenings @viffest this week!
Living the Land (viewings Oct 10+12)
« Huo Meng’s film folds a grand historical reckoning into the story of one rural Chinese family. It’s 1991, and changes are coming…. A new wave of modernization will hit their farming community- and hardships abound. »
Seeds (viewings Oct 8+9)
« Filmed over 9 years, Seeds is a patient, poetic portrait of three generations of Black farmers in the American South. Director Brittany Shayne’s documentary captures daily rituals and deep rooted struggles, from harvesting and caretaking to systemic barriers and land loss »
Silent Friend (viewings Oct 9+11)
« On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo Bilbao, a tree who’s longevity stands in contrast to three intimate human scaled stories.. a moving meditation on how we connect to the natural world & each other »
Hemela (viewings Oct 8)
« A tender portrait of its subject, who left Iran as a young women and built a vibrant life in Montreal. beloved for her food, humour and radiant presence, Hemela embodies resilience and cultural memory »
Agatha’s Alma’s (viewing Oct 9)
« Single but never lonely, Agatha Bock has fashioned herself a self sufficient lifestyle on her 54 acre Manitoba farm. her tools are held together with duct tape, her green thumb plastered in a cast, but neither advanced age nor doctors order will hold her back from the satisfaction of tending to her crops… Amalie Atkins debut feature documentary draws an endearing portrait of simple sustainable living »
Quinces & Asian pears from last week!! We have officially picked fruit from more than 100 trees this season & harvested and redistributed over 10,800 lbs of fruit 🎶🌞🍏 thanks everyone who’s come joined the harvest, received & shared fruit & generally supported VFTP throughout the season.
Happy Fall to all of you! We’ve still got some sun & harvests left before officially wrapping up… stay tuned 👀
