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Recent fruit tree care articles
The Art of Espalier Pruning: Four Steps to Creating a Beautiful Fruiting Wall in Your Garden
How do you create an espalier apple tree planting in your own backyard? This article and video shows you the three steps to espalier pruning.
Three Steps to Turning Your Backyard into a Food Forest
Learn how to turn your backyard into a food forest in three steps in this article, video and podcast.
The Simple Art of Grafting Fruit Trees: A Complete Guide
If you want a fruit tree that produces fruit you'll love, you'll probably buy a grafted fruit tree or you will graft a tree yourself. Learn the science behind grafting in this article.
How to Prune Young Fruit Trees
The first three years are the most important when it comes to pruning young fruit trees. Learn how in this article.
Identify Fruit Tree Leaf Problems: A Gardener’s Guide
Is it pest, disease or nutritional deficiencies? Learn about fruit tree leaf problems and their solutions in this article and podcast.
Community Fruit Tree Projects Bloom Worldwide
Learn about some of the top community orchard projects that are blooming across North America.
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Susan Poizner of OrchardPeople.com
I am a journalist, filmmaker and urban orchardist who created OrchardPeople.com because it was exactly what I needed when I planted my first fruit trees in 2009.
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Since 2014, Orchard People has won several awards for our website, podcast, book and online courses.
Complete Fruit Tree Pruning & Grafting, Gold Laurel Media Award 2024: Special Project Online Course.
Complete Fruit Tree Pruning & Grafting, Silver Laurel Media Award 2024: Special Project Online Course.
OrchardPeople.com Gold Award of Achievement 2021 Website, Individual: Overall.
The Urban Forestry Radio Show & Podcast Silver Award of Achievement 2021: Radio Program Overall.
The Urban Forestry Radio Show & Podcast Silver Award of Achievement 2017 Podcast Series: Overall
OrchardPeople.com Silver Award of Achievement 2017 Website, Individual: Overall
Growing Urban Orchards Silver Award of Achievement 2014 Book Writing: General Readership
OrchardPeople.com Online Fruit Tree Care Training Silver Award of Achievement 2014
OrchardPeople.com Online Fruit Tree Care Training Silver Award of Achievement 2015
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