Friday, April 29 is Arbor Day.  Celebrate this year by signing up your fruit tree to be gleaned with the Pierce County Gleaning Project. Details below.

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Don't be alarmed if you find people embracing their trees this Friday because it is National Arbor Day... the day to plant and care for our verdant pals. If you are the proud owner of a fruit tree (or know somebody who is), we have an easy way for you to show them some love: Register your tree for a community fruit tree harvest in your area!

So often fruit trees provide way more than we can handle at once, and much fruit falls on the ground, creates a mess, and provides an easy vector for tree diseases. Several organizations around the sound are trying to prevent this waste and use this local produce to feed people in need by picking their neighbors' unwanted fruit, and giving it to local food banks. With half of food bank clients being either children or the elderly, this ready to eat fresh local produce is always needed and appreciated.

This Arbor Day, love your trees, love your community, and register your fruit trees!

Sign your tree up today for this year's harvests at one of the following organizations around the sound:

Pierce County Gleaning Project - in Tacoma and Pierce County Register your tree here
City Fruit - in North Seattle (email here for more info) and South Seattle (email here for more info)
Solid Ground Lettuce Link - in Downtown and Central Seattle - Call the Seattle Tilth Hotline to register your tree (206.633.0224)
Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle - in west Seattle - Register your tree here
Urban Abundance - in Vancouver, Wa

Even if you don't have fruit trees, you can still help out by spreading the word to your friends, neighbors, and family, or sign up to volunteer to help with the harvest!