Media Coverage
Since 2008, media from around the world have written about Susan Poizner, The Ben Nobleman Park Community Orchard, about Susan's books and about OrchardPeople.com. Susan also appears as a featured guest in podcasts talking about fruit tree care.
Click below to read what people are writing about us.
2026
2025
"Fruit Tree Pruning " CBC, London Morning with Andrew Brown, March 11, 2025
"Susan Poizner Orchard People On Pruning Fruit Trees, Fruit Tree Care and More " Episode 269 on Master My Garden Podcast, March 28, 2025
"Fruit Grower/Apple Orchard " TVO, Trading Skills, April 2025
"Proven Pruning Techniques for Stronger Trees & Bigger Harvests! " Garden Talk with Mr. Grow It, April 2025
"Fruit Tree Pruning: How to Cultivate Healthy Fruit Trees " The joe gardener Show with Joe Lamp'l, May 2025
"Grow Organic Apple Trees: what to do in years 1-3 with Susan Poizner " The Beginner's Garden Podcast, May 2025
"Fruit Tree Pruning with Susan Poizner " Down The Garden Path Podcast, June 2025
"Growing Fruit Trees & Building Community Orchards with Susan " Practical Permaculture Podcast, July 2025
"Fruit Tree Grafting Is for Everyone " The joe gardener Show with Joe Lamp'l, July 2025
"Susan Poizner on fruit trees, regenerative soil care, and global understanding through storytelling " R2Kast Podcast, July 2025
"A Guide to Pruning Fruit Trees w/ Susan Poizner " Plant School Podcast, July 2025
"Fall Fruit Tree Care The Essential Autumn Checklist for Healthy Fruit Trees " - Susan Poizner, Homestead Living, October 2025 (Issue 22)
2024
"Grow Fruit Trees Fast with Susan Poizner " Gardennerd Podcast, April 4, 2024
"Worm holes in your apples? Discover how to identify and treat codling moth to avoid a ruined apple harvest " Home and Gardens, September 2024.
How to fertilize trees naturally – expert tips for encouraging strong growth Home and Gardens, September 2024
"Grow deep green healthy leaves using expert's homemade fertiliser " Express.Co.UK, August 26, 2024
"Gardeners given a 'don't prune' warning for these plants and trees " Express.Co.Uk, 10/10/2024
"Is collecting fallen leaves always essential? HomesandGardens.Com ", 10/10/2024
"Gardeners warned it's the 'worst time' for common task that leaves trees 'vulnerable' " Birminghammail.co.uk. 10/10/2024
"Gardeners warned autumn is 'worst time' for common task that leaves trees 'vulnerable' " Express.Co.Uk, 10/10/2024
"Why are my citrus leaves curling? 5 reasons for warped foliage" MSN.com, 10/02/2024 (Sorry! The content you’re looking for is not available at the moment. Please check back later.)
"Why are my citrus leaves curling? 5 reasons for warped foliage " HomesandGardens.com, 10/02/2024
"Worm holes in your apples? Discover how to identify and treat codling moth to avoid a ruined apple harvest " HomesandGardens.com, 09/16/2024
"How to fertilize trees naturally – expert tips for encouraging strong growth " HomesandGardens.com, 09/16/2024
"What are woolly apple aphids? How to spot and control these troublesome pests " HomesandGardens.com, 09/16/2024
"Zoom Interview with Susan Poizner " Royal Horticultural Society, RHS Fruit Group, 10/18/2024
"Leave the Leaves " by Sandi Shwartz, Bob Vila, 10/21/2024
"How to Grow and Apple Tree " Home and Gardens, By Drew Swainston , November 2024
"How to Grow a Mulberry Tree " Home and Gardens, By Drew Swainston , November 2024
"How to Treat Fruit Trees Organically: How to Spray for Disease " Pioneering Today Podcast, December 2024.
2023
"Plant Fruit Trees " Resilienza Podcast, January 12, 2023
"Fruit Tree Care with Susan Poizner " The Horticulturati, March 14, 2023
"Harvesting Authority Site Success " Doug Cunnington Show, March 13, 2023
"Grow Fruit Trees Fast " Roots and All Podcast, Oct 9, 2023
"Growing Fruit Trees: The Basics and Beyond " The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Sept 20, 2023
"Grow Fruit Trees Fast " Seeds and Weeds Podcast, Oct 11, 2023.
"Edible Perennials " The Gardening with Joey and Holly Radio Show, October 9, 2023
"Susan Poizner on Growing Fruit Trees " Plantastic Podcast, October 13,2023
"Touring Norway's Fruitful Fjords " by Susan Poizner, Good Fruit Grower, October 19, 2023
"Fruit Tree Basics with Susan Poizner " Maritime Gardener, November 4, 2024
"Growing Fruit Trees Fast with Susan Poizner " Plans and Provisions Podcast, November 7, 2023
"Building a Sustainable Farm " Surviving Hard Times Podcast, November 7, 2023
"Episode 65: Susan Poizner talks fruit-tree care, community orcharding and more " Hobby Farms: Growing Good Podcast. November 9, 2023.
"Grow Fruit Trees Fast " Down the Garden Path, November, 2023
"Grow Fruit Trees Successfully "The Joe Gardener Show, December 21, 2023
Featured Interviews Below
2022
#73: How to Grow Your Own Fruit Trees with Susan Poizner , Quest for Healing Podcast, April 6, 2022.
Gardening with Chickens, Grow Fruit Trees , Food Garden Life Podcast with Steve and Emma Biggs, May 4, 2022.
Pruning Fruit Trees , Food Garden Life Podcast with Steve Biggs, November 2, 2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
"The Easier Way to Integrate Fruit Trees into Landscapes" - Landscape Trades , January 2018
Susan Poizner on Fruit Tree Care Training - www.urbanfarm.org podcast, March 10, 2018, episode 336
How to Properly Care for your Fruit Trees- The Vegetable Gardening Show with Mike the Gardener, May 7, 2018
Susan Poizner on The Online Course Guy Podcast, July 11, 2018 - The Online Course Guy, July 11, 2018
Susan Poizner on The Green Industry Leaders Network Podcast - September 21, 2018
How to Grow Your Own Fruit Trees with Susan Poizner- With Steve Prussack, Juice Guru Podcast, November 2018.
2017
Our First Fruit Tree Care Workshop in a Nutshell - Not Far From The Tree Blog, June 20, 2017
The Concrete Garden: How to start growing your own in the city - by Kaeleigh Phillips, Alternatives Journal, Volume 43, #2, 2017,
How to Grow Your Own Fruit Trees - Juice Guru Podcast, September 13, 2017
Leaf Indicators of Tree Health - Lee Valley Newsletter, September 2017
Fruit Tree Talk on The Weekend Gardener with Niki Jabbour- The Weekend Gardener with Niki Jabbour, July 30, 2017
Susan Poizner in the Green Living Show- Alternatives Journal, April 2, 2017
Fruit Tree Pruning: No Longer a Mystery - International Society of Arboriculture Arborist News, Volume 26, October 2017
The Easier Way to Integrate Fruit Trees into Landscapes - Landscape Trades, January 2018, Volume 40, No. 1
The Concrete Garden: How to start growing your own in the city- Kaeleigh Phillips, Alternatives Journal, August 2017 (Sorry! The content you’re looking for is not available at the moment. Please check back later.)
"Une visite à Monticello" - Lee Valley & Infotas Infolettre - Jandinage, Volume 3, numero 3, Mars 2017
"A visit to Monticello"- by Susan Poizner, Lee Valley Newsletter, March 2017
2016
"Inviting a Free Pest Control Team to Your Garden" - Susan Poizner, Lee Valley Newsletter, February 2016
"Vom Erfolg eines Obstbaumgartens" (About the Success of a Fruit Garden) - Monika Jaggi, Dergartenbau, January 2016 (Basel, Switzerland)
"Green File: Plan for the best birding year ever" - Mark Cullen, Journal Pioneer, February 12, 2016
"Nesting Boxes Attract Birds to Protect Your Orchards" - Mark Cullen, Toronto Star, March 5, 2016
"Tips for Growing Fruit Trees Organically" - The Creative Vegetable Gardener, April 22, 2015
"Podcast: Climate Change and Fruit Trees" - Cornell University, April 26, 2016
ISAO Educational Conference Speaker Bios - Ontario Arborist, February/March 2016
"Ten Secrets to Growing Fruit Trees Organically" - Lorraine Hunter, Botanical Buzz, Toronto Botanical Garden, September 2016
"Tasting Exotic Apples" - Susan Poizner, Lee Valley Tools Newsletter, September 2016
"Urban Forestry Radio Show Features Kari Peter" - Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, August 30, 2016
"Susan Poizner of Orchard People on The Urban Farm Podcast" - Urban Farm Podcast, December 6, 2016
"Growing Fruit Trees: Why Size Matters" - Susan Poizner, Lee Valley Newsletter, April 2016
2015
"Growing fruit trees? Know when to wield the loppers: Real Dirt" - -Sonia Day, Toronto Star, March 21, 2015
"The art of an apple tree fence, a la Monet" - Mark Cullen, Toronto Star, May 2, 2105
"Jane Finch Project Could Prove Fruitful" - Gilbert Ngabo, Metro News, Toronto, July 3-5, 2015
"Growing Urban Orchards review" in Michigan Gardener - -Michigan Gardener, April 15, 2015
"How to grow a fruit tree, Reality Radio 101.com" - -RealityRadio101, July 6, 2015
"Orcharding Primer" - Jessica Walliser, Hobby Farms, September/October 2015
2014
“Halifax’s Urban Orchard Project: Workshop Discussion Paper” - Dalhousie University, Jun. 2014
"Grow Your Own Fruit: Trees and Shrubs that Fit Any Space" - -Bev Yaworski, Alive.com, March 26, 2014
"Fruit Trees Tasty Addition to Urban Canopy" - Mark Cullen, Toronto Star, Jun. 6, 2014
"Ontario’s Exotic Apples" - Susan Poizner, Edible Toronto, Summer. 2014
"Summer Growth Shows up My Poor Spring Staking" - David Hobson, Waterloo Region Record, Aug. 22, 2014
"A Miscellany of News and Events" - Ground Magazine, Summer. 2014
"Fruit Orchard Field Trip" - Good Food News, Agincourt Community Services Association, Jul./Aug. 2014
"A pre-harvest gathering" - Town Crier, Sep. 8, 2014
"We Dig Plants: Episode 134 YES YOU CAN grow fruit trees in the city" - Heritage Radio Network, Sep. 14, 2014
"A crop of worthy gift ideas for gardeners" - Toronto Star, Dec. 20, 2014
2013
“Thieves Rake Community Orchard Clean” - Toronto Star, Jul. 11, 2013
"Live Healthy Now"- With Bev Miller on Rogers TV, Mar. 29, 2013
"Congratulations to the St. Paul's recipients of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal!" - Spring Newsletter 2013, Dr Eric Hoskins, MPP for St. Paul's
"Apfel- und Kirschbäume erobern die Stadtpärke Torontos" ("Apple and Cherry Trees Conquer The City Parks of Toronto") - Monika Jaggi,Onlinereports - unabhängiges newsportal, November 11, 2013 (Basel, Switzerland)
2012
"Caring for Fruit Trees" - LEAF Newsletter, Mar. 14, 2012
"Five Great Things to Do This Weekend" - City TV, Mar. 20, 2012
"LRT to Rain Destruction on Apricot Trees?" - Torontoist, Apr. 10, 2012
"Barometer" - Now Magazine, Apr. 12-19, 2012
"Group Petitions to Spare Orchard from Subway Station" - Post City Magazine, May. 2012
"Can a locavore dream of public produce come true?" - Globe & Mail, Jul. 7, 2012
"City orchards bear fruit for all" - Toronto Star, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012
2011
2010
2009
"A fruitful way to get your produce" - Town Crier, Feb. 19, 2009
"Rooting for healthier eats" - In The Town Crier, Apr. 27, 2009
"Neighbours war over urban orchard" - In The Toronto Star, May. 2, 2009
"Toronto’s Community Orchard Project: Ben Nobleman Park" - In Toronto Gardens blog, May 2, 2009
"Toronto’s public orchard is a go" - In Toronto Life’s Daily Dish, May. 6, 2009
"War over Toronto’s 1st community orchard" - In Toronto Marketing Blog, May. 7, 2009
"Worth Seeing" - Now Magazine, Aug. 13, 2009
"A City Bears Fruit" - Torontoist, Aug. 16, 2009
"Fruity Logic" - Now Magazine, Aug. 20, 2009
"Not far from the Tree" - Now Magazine, Aug.20, 2009
2008
interviews with susan on podcasts