Hollywood Orchard - Where Community Grows

Posted by Kyle Soehngen on Mar 12, 2013

Spring Event Calendar 2013

Hello Hollywood Orchardists! We are excited to be heading into April and May in the Canyon. New adventures in community and fruit ahead! Look below for the calendar of upcoming Hollywood Orchard events! Newcomers welcome at every event! Saturday, April 20th – Farmer’s Circle / Grafting with Ken Love — 9:00am – 11:00am Where: H.O. Base Camp – 2599 Glen...

Posted by Bridie Macdonald on Jan 7, 2013

Saturday January 12th-Citrus Arama Pickn’ Kitchen!

Happy New Year Orchard People! We hope you’ll be as excited as we are about the next CITRUS-ARAMA PICK’N KITCHEN! If this doesn’t flip up your skirt, then we don’t know what will! Would you like to join us as we go through the canyon picking oranges, tangerines, and grapefruits from neighbor’s trees (with their permission, of course) and would you like to help process this...

Posted by Bill Pullman on Jan 3, 2013

Trombone Night 2012 – A Success

For a second year, Hollywood Orchard participants joined with the Beachwood Canyon Neighborhood Association to host Trombone night in the Glen Green Cul-de-sac. We extended the invitation to our Bring-A-Dish-to-pass and holiday trombone concert to more folks than before and the turn-out was estimated to be about 350 – 400...

Posted by Bill Pullman on May 30, 2012

Loco for Loquats

Hollywood Orchard’s Pick n’Kitchen on May 19, 2012 involved 65 Neighbors! We had our eyes on the quickly ripening Loquats up and down Beachwood Canyon for a month. They were already ripe and tasty weeks before the designated date. The drama was, ‘would they hold out till late May?’ But, as a testament to the micro-climates in the canyon, in the few days prior we found a dozen...

Posted by John Allen on May 20, 2012

Cheremoya Sixth Grade/Hollywood Orchard May Fieldtrip

The first ever Hollywood Orchard/Cheremoya School fieldtrip was a successful landmark day for all parties involved. As soon as we arrived in Debbi Aldahl’s class, met the kids and handed out our amazing workbook, The Fruit Trees of Beachwood Canyon, we were honorable friends. The thirty 6th graders and ten Orchardistas divided into groups of six students with two orchard members. We were clearly pleased...

Posted by Bridie Macdonald on Feb 28, 2012

First Pickin’ Kitchen 2012 over 1,500 lbs. of fruit picked!

Over 50 volunteers with the new Hollywood Orchard came out for a fun day of urban farming in Beachwood Canyon last Saturday, Feb. 25th. Kicking off the day with breakfast and some words about the new organization, teams of enthusiastic volunteers then spread out through the neighborhood to pick and collect fruit from generous homeowners and residents who offered to donate their fruit. Within a couple of...

Posted by Bridie Macdonald on Feb 12, 2012

Ken Love, on fig and loquat growing – Farmer’s Circle Feb 11, 2012

Farmer’s Circle was another boot kickn’ good time. Ken Love, champion of the inspiring community/grower based 12 Trees Community Orchard in Hawaii and, spoke about Loquats, figs and growing for best production and easiest management. You can read and download an in-depth document of the 12 trees chosen for their project...

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