Lawrence Fruit Tree Project

Lawrence Fruit Tree Project Sharing Fruit, Sharing Knowledge We work to educate, assist, and inspire the public to grow, steward, and utilize perennial food plants.

The Lawrence Fruit Tree Project (LFTP) provides a community-based solution to a critical and growing need for direct access to healthy food. Our aim is to build community, increase local food security, and create direct, lasting bonds between people and their urban environment. LFTP has now begun developing the Lawrence Community Orchard (LCO), a public orchard from which everyone can harvest its

bounty. The orchard was made possible through the city of Lawrence Common Ground program. Learn more about LCO here: http://lawrencefruittreeproject.wordpress.com/our-projects/lawrence-community-orchard/

and stay tuned for work days and updates!

As we enter June our orchard is getting lush with vegetation! The garden vegetables are making leaps in size everyday! T...
06/01/2026

As we enter June our orchard is getting lush with vegetation! The garden vegetables are making leaps in size everyday! Tree fruits are growing!
Join us Monday evenings 6-8 pm to help our little orchard thrive. Bring water, wear your garden clothes , and bring food to share if you feel like it. LCO is at 830 Garfield street in Lawrence Ks. Park cars on Delaware st.

Reminder:we’re at the orchard on Saturday! May 16 1-4pm. Otherwise join us Monday nights at 6! Plants are growing! It’s ...
05/15/2026

Reminder:we’re at the orchard on Saturday! May 16 1-4pm. Otherwise join us Monday nights at 6! Plants are growing! It’s gettin’ dreamy, come see for yourself.

Hello fellow plant people! Do you have leftover garden vegetables that need a home? We may be able to use them in our ga...
05/12/2026

Hello fellow plant people! Do you have leftover garden vegetables that need a home? We may be able to use them in our garden. Send a message if you’d like to donate plants.

Here’s five different volunteer dates in May at Lawrence Community Orchard! LCO is a free food park that’s maintained by...
04/28/2026

Here’s five different volunteer dates in May at Lawrence Community Orchard! LCO is a free food park that’s maintained by volunteers like you! We grow all sorts of fruit trees, fruit bushes, vegetables, herbs and fibre plants. We also produce fruit trees in our nursery for other community projects in Lawrence. Volunteering with us is an opportunity to learn about trees, make friends, and connect with nature! We hope to see you this May.
Lawrence Community Orchard is located at 830 Garfield St. in East Lawrence. Please park cars on Delaware Street. Show up with water and wear gardening clothes. If you’d like to bring a snack to share you will be very popular.

04/06/2026

Don’t wait to get your spring fruit tree planting done! 39th parallel is a great local source for fruit trees!

Recap from Saturdays work day: we planted strawberries! Uncovered one of the figs, was it too early? We’ll find out. We ...
04/06/2026

Recap from Saturdays work day: we planted strawberries! Uncovered one of the figs, was it too early? We’ll find out. We focused on getting nursery trees potted and new rootstocks planted in the field. We potted up apples, trifoliate orange, black raspberries, jujube and planted pear rootstocks in the ground. We received a truck load of city compost! Thanks Josh! Sifted composted from our homegrown compost bin. Got the mower out and worked on some of the taller grass. Thank you for showing up and supporting Lawrence Fruit Tree Project! Our next workday is in 2 weeks, April 18th 1-4pm.

We’ve got three dates in April that you can plug into at the orchard! 4/8, 4/18, 4/25, 1-4pm. On Saturday 4/8 we’ll be p...
04/03/2026

We’ve got three dates in April that you can plug into at the orchard! 4/8, 4/18, 4/25, 1-4pm. On Saturday 4/8 we’ll be planting strawberry beds, planting rootstocks in the nursery, stocking the root pruning beds, and uncovering figs! We hope to see you there!! LCO is located at 830 Garfield street in east Lawrence. Park cars on Delaware street. Bring water, and wear gardening attire.

Last Saturday we had over 25 volunteers! With all that help we cleaned up litter along Burroughs creek between 13th and ...
03/31/2026

Last Saturday we had over 25 volunteers! With all that help we cleaned up litter along Burroughs creek between 13th and 14th st. We cleared brush for a pocket public orchard project at our neighbors. We got all the garden beds prepped and some seeds planted. We got all the mulberry, jujube, paw paw, and bush cherry potted up. We uncovered figs (half way). It’s really amazing what we can do when we get big numbers of people showing up for the orchard! We’ll be back at the orchard Saturday April 4th 1-4 pm. We look forward to seeing you then!

🚨November volunteering dates have been shifted a bit! 🍂Firstly, due to mid twenties temps incoming, Saturday morning we’...
11/06/2025

🚨November volunteering dates have been shifted a bit! 🍂

Firstly, due to mid twenties temps incoming, Saturday morning we’re covering our many fig trees! We need your help! 10:30 am to noon!

Secondly our Saturday the 22nd volunteer date is shifted to Sunday the 23rd 2-5pm!

And Sunday the 16th stays the same 2-5pm.

We hope to see you at the orchard!
830 Garfield street. Please park cars on Delaware.

10/16/2025

The Online Store Is Now Open! This Season We Are Offering 30+ Varieties of Grafted Apple & Pear Trees, Over 200 Varieties of Apple and Pear Scion and an Expanded Selection of Rootstock, Seedlin…

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Lawrence, KS
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