Beacon Food Forest

Calling all fruit tree enthusiasts!🍊🍋🥭🍎🍇

Come learn about fruit tree pruning from 9am-2pm on Saturday February 28th at BFF. Find out best practices for winter pruning of apples, mulberries, pears, persimmons, nut trees, figs and more!🍐

Each year we give our trees a much needed haircut so that they continue to grow and thrive and provide delicious free fruit to all.

This is a free workshop at the forest with experienced arborists who will guide volunteers through pruning techniques. All are welcome, no prior experience or registration required!

9am: Meet at the Food Forest Gathering Plaza for coffee and pastries. Core volunteer Will Rak will give a pruning basics overview. Handouts will be shared and the group will discuss best practices.

10am-1pm: Breakout groups will form and move off into the forest for work on specific fruits/areas.

1-2pm: Clean-up of debris and tool storage. Final walk through of the site to inspect work done by all groups.
Snack packs available for munching.

What to Bring: Water and weather appropriate clothing.
🌦️Also please bring gloves, pruners, hand saws or any other tree trimming equipment you may have. We will have some of these tools available, but probably not enough for all. Lysol disinfectant spray is also recommended for cleaning tools between trees.

This Giving Season, we’re asking our community to help keep the Beacon Food Forest growing. 🌱

We’re a small, volunteer-led, grassroots organization, and our work is funded directly by community support. This year, that support helped us:
• Donate 700+ lbs of fresh food to local food banks
• Expand our Food Bank Plot to 3x its previous size
* Start a Young Person’s Garden for kids & youth
• Begin building 12 new P-Patch plots, including 2 ADA-accessible ones
• Shift all our classes to fully FREE community education
• Improve accessibility with new gravel paths & ADA toolshed work

And there’s so much more we want to do next year — but we can’t do it without you.

If you believe in free food on public land, accessible green space, and community-led food justice, please consider donating today. Every dollar helps us buy tools, compost, plants, workshop supplies, and everything needed to keep this place thriving.

Thank you for being a part of the Beacon Food Forest ~ Donate at the link in our bio today!

Don't miss out on the fun tonight! Join us at Chuck's Hop Shop Seward Park for an unforgettable Drag Bingo fundraising event, where you'll have a blast playing bingo with a twist! Enjoy a night of laughter, excitement, and community while supporting a great cause. See you there! 🎉🍻