Heritage Apple Corps will have a booth at Oregon’s Archaeology Roadshow when it comes to the Deschutes Historical Museum. Please come by! Saturday, 11 AM–3 PM at the Deschutes Historical Museum, 129 NW Idaho Ave, Bend, OR 97702.
Heritage Apple Corps had a booth at Bend’s annual Earth Day Fair & Parade at Alpenglow Park, sharing information about Central Oregon’s heritage fruit trees and how community members can get involved.
Five-day hands-on workshop at the McCoin and Cyrus historic orchards on the Crooked River National Grassland. Learn to steward heritage fruit trees with expert arborists.
Volunteers gathered at the Cyrus Orchard to remove debris from the orchard floor, daylight under the tree canopy, and remove encroaching sage and juniper.
Volunteers gathered at the Cyrus Orchard to remove debris from the orchard floor, daylight under the tree canopy, and remove encroaching sage and juniper.
Held at McCoin Orchard, this course provided local orchardists, arborists, Forest Service staff, and community members with essential skills to care for historic orchards. Sixteen participants—now known as “The Apple Corps”—pruned a total of 50 trees during the hands-on session. The event also featured a kickoff meeting to begin development of a long-term Orchard Management Plan.
Volunteers gathered at the McCoin Orchard to remove debris from the orchard floor, daylight under the tree canopy, and remove encroaching sage and juniper.
Volunteers gathered at the McCoin Orchard to remove debris from the orchard floor, daylight under the tree canopy, and remove encroaching sage and juniper.
Heritage Apple Corps