Collection: Fruit Bearing Plants

People grow fruit bearing plants for many reasons such as: fruit, shade, aesthetic beauty, and perhaps, for our animal friends to feast on. Whatever your reason for planting, it’s important to remember that the act of tending to an orchard — whether it’s one little peach tree or an entire acre of apples — can also be a chance to turn back the clock on some of the damage humans have done to the earth. Along with enhancing biodiversity in any garden, planting trees can aid in saving the planet; trees sequester atmospheric carbon, essentially modifying the environment and cooling it. When we garden, we should keep in mind that we’re very much growing fruit trees in order to grow more trees. Like soil stewardship, fruit tree culture is intergenerational; we’re growing fruit trees for the next generation, and for subsequent generations, too. So grab a shovel, pick your fruit tree of choice and DIG in!