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

• "Susan Poizner of Orchard People" KDNK, Living Permaculture with Vanessa Harmony, January 19, 2026
• "7 Fruit Trees You Can Grow At Home - Even If You Have Poor Soil" marthastewart.com, April 11, 2026
• "Caring for Fruit Trees with Orchard People's Susan Poizner" Grounded In Maine Podcast with Amy Bolduc, April 21, 2026 [Audio only podcast] [YouTube link]

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

• Speaker Spotlight: Susan Poizner, GardenComm, Friday, June 25, 2021
• Virtual Apple Tasting: Susan Poizner, Food Garden Life Podcast, November 11, 2021
• Getting Started in Fruit Tree Growing, NAFEX Virtual Conference 2021

2020

• Trees and Forests: Podcasts for National Tree Week, BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Podcast Radio Hour, Friday, November 27, 2020
• Community Orchards Interview for NAFEX, North American Fruit Explorers, December 10, 2020

2019

• "Toronto gardener Susan Poizner is planting the idea of orchards across the city with her podcast and book"- By Mark Cullen and Ben Cullen, Toronto Star, March 15, 2019
• Inaugural Orchard Stewards Training Program a Success- Not Far From The Tree Blog, June 20, 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

• "Green thumbs thrive in Toronto"- T.O. Night Newspaper, Jul. 15, 2011
• "Wal-Mart helps fund green roof"- Toronto Business Times, Jul/Aug. 2011
• "Seeing the Forage for the Trees"- The Grid, Aug. 15, 2011
• "Harvest festival crops up at community orchard"- Inside Toronto, Sep. 15, 2011
• "Community Orchards Provide Food For All"- Ground Magazine, Summer. 2011
• "Apples for all: About the Orchard in the City Park"- German-language magazine in Switzerland. Der Gartenbau (Horticulture Magazine) 47/2011

2010

• "Trees come to life for viewers"- Ontario Arborist, Nov/Dec. 2010
• "Home Grown"- Forest Hill Town Crier, Sep. 2010
• "My Vie Revee en ville"- Glamour Magazine, France, Jul. 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

• "Gardens make good neighbours"- Town Crier, Jun. 6, 2008

interviews with susan on podcasts

The Ultimate Guide to Growing Fruit Trees