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Fruit Tree Pruning Education & Volunteer Work

Thursday, March 27, 2025
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Add to Calendar Thursday, March 27, 2025 12:00 pm Thursday, March 27, 2025 12:00 pm America/Los_Angeles Fruit Tree Pruning Education & Volunteer Work Advance registration is required. RSVP today! Join us for a series of volunteer events where you’ll have the opportunity to learn the essential skills of pruning fruit trees and work alongside our expert urban forestry team. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting, these hands-on events are designed to teach you both winter and summer pruning techniques, helping to ensure the health and vitality of our urban forest. Attend one or all the events, each focused on different aspects of tree care throughout the seasons. The final event of the series will be especially exciting, as we’ll harvest the… Raymond E. Shaffer Park

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Raymond E. Shaffer Park
7806 NE 58th St Vancouver WA

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Advance registration is required. RSVP today!

Join us for a series of volunteer events where you’ll have the opportunity to learn the essential skills of pruning fruit trees and work alongside our expert urban forestry team. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting, these hands-on events are designed to teach you both winter and summer pruning techniques, helping to ensure the health and vitality of our urban forest. Attend one or all the events, each focused on different aspects of tree care throughout the seasons. The final event of the series will be especially exciting, as we’ll harvest the delicious fruit that’s grown from the trees you’ve helped nurture. These events are a fantastic way to gain valuable knowledge, connect with nature, and give back to your community. We look forward to seeing you there!

Training, gloves, tools, water, and snacks will be provided. This opportunity is family-friendly and great for teens. Volunteers should dress for the weather and wear long pants and closed-toe shoes. Youth under 18 must bring a signed minor consent form.

Accessibility is important to us and we’ve taken it into account while planning this event. This location is wheelchair accessible, but accessing the trees may not be. For mulching projects, volunteers may be shoveling, twisting and turning, and pushing wheelbarrows. For invasive removal projects, volunteers may be kneeling, pulling, and twisting as well as possibly lifting plants overhead to load into a dumpster. There will be a space in the RSVP form for you to let us know if there are any accessibility needs you have so that we can do our best to find a volunteer role that will work for you.

(Registration will close two days prior to the event at 2 p.m. If registration is closed and you are still interested in attending, please email cityvolunteer@cityofvancouver.us to let us know you will be a walk-up and you can sign in on-site.)