Since our founding we have harvested over 16,000 pounds of produce for food donations, and neighborhood communities have harvested thousands of pounds of food to enjoy and share with one another.
Harvesting Connection
We are currently a volunteer organization that works with communities in empowering Baltimoreans to harvest and enjoy fruit and nuts growing in their communities. We rely on passionate Baltimore residents volunteering with us to organize harvests. If you would like to get connected with stewards who organize harvests in your neighborhood, or are interesting in organizing a harvest yourself, please feel free to email us.
Harvesting In Partnership
We love organizing and participating in community harvest events and celebrations. Explore below to learn about wonderful yearly community harvest events and our inspiring harvest partners.
Druid Hill Orchard: education space
The Druid Hill Orchard is an educational space
maintained by BOP's board members.
The orchard is located off of Red Rd. near
the Druid Hill Park Baseball Fields.
Meet Some of Our Partners
Community members share stories of stewardship
Callaway Community Orchard
Planted in the median on Callaway Avenue, mature apple trees are a point of pride for the community. Every year, residents from Callaway-Garrison and Ashburton gather in the Fall to celebrate the harvest, pick apples and enjoy music and each other.
A downhill view of Carrol Park
Carroll Park
Designed to replicate a historic orchard planted by the Carroll family, the Carroll Park Orchard is a wonderful community asset in the Pigtown Neighborhood. Over 60 mature fruit trees are currently being rehabilitated to bring them back into production. The orchard includes apples, plums, and others.
BOP holds workshop with Jonah House Residents
Jonah House
Jonah House members maintain the grounds of St. Peter’s Cemetery in West Baltimore. On the property, several mature fruit trees produce fruit to support their food pantry. In addition to fruit trees, community members raise chickens, grow vegetables, and are active in the community.
Harvest and Distribution Partners
The Franciscan Center
Genesee Pear Orchard
Holabird Academy
Jonah House
A Can Can Make A Difference
Baltimore Free Farm
Callaway Apple Project
Carroll’s One Hundred
Cromwell Valley Park
Manna House
Our Daily Bread
Real Food Farm
Whitelock Farm
YES Drop-In Center
Interested in becoming a harvest partner? Email us!
Harvesting Event Spotlight:
Mulberry Madness
Coming up this June
Mulberry Madness
The Baltimore Orchard Project hosts Mulberry Madness every June. Though mulberries are small, they have tremendous health benefits. They are a great source of antioxidants, provide immune system support, promote healthy blood sugar levels and are a good source of protein, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, fiber, and iron.
Mulberry Madness focuses on mulberries as a valuable food resource available around the city to most residents., One in four Baltimore City residents live in food deserts, areas where families lack access and sufficient economic resources to purchase healthy food, especially, fresh produce. But most people don’t know that there are mulberries growing all around them. You can help Baltimore Orchard Project change this!
Baltimore Orchard Project's Ben Howard, along with David Alima from The Charmery, share the inside scoop on the nutritious and delicious mulberry.
We have bountiful harvests around the city every year and managed to harvest over 250 lbs of mulberries since 2014! Mulberries are delicious, good for you, and might even grow in your own backyard. Check out the brief history of the mulberry on our blog.
Mulberry Madness is designed to:
Help Baltimoreans enjoy all the delicate fruits that are ripening around us (with too many falling to waste on our sidewalks and lawns!)
Expand the choices that make up our dietary palette
Enable our ability to eat more locally
Reduce food waste
Help us imagine a renewed food system that is good for people, planet and prosperity.
How to Harvest Mulberries
Ever wanted to harvest the mulberries in your neighborhood but just didn’t know how? Check out this step-by-step guide from board member Deb Howard!