Rolling Orchard Project Application
The Orchard Project seeks to increase equity in our local food system by putting abundant food sources across metro Atlanta. We believe community orchards can be a powerful mechanism to start producing food in places we haven't yet reached. Community orchards increase access and ownership, not just for a moment, but for years on end.

Our Community Orchard Coalition includes Food Well Alliance, Concrete Jungle, Fruit Forward Orchards, Community Farmers Markets and the Atlanta Regional Commission with support from The Giving Grove. A panel of representatives from the Community Orchard Coalition will evaluate and rank applications based on the criteria below coupled with results of in-person site visits for finalists.

Criteria for a successful Orchard Project Application:
a.  Site is in Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry or Rockdale counties in Georgia.
b.  Site has ready access to water.
c.  Applicant has an orchard stewardship team in place.
d.  Preference to sites that are large enough to accommodate ten or more trees.
e.  Site has public access such as a park, community garden, k-12 school, senior center, public housing, street planting, faith organization, youth activity center, supported living community, health or medical facility, university campus etc.
f.  Site is sunny and well drained.
g. Harvest is intended to provide the community access to healthy food, preference is given to orchards that donate food to charities that serve people in need or are situated in underserved communities.
h. Preference to sites that are the expansion of an existing orchard.

The Orchard Project application is competitive and we are not able to award orchards to all applicants. Orchards are installed at no cost to the applicant. 

We are currently accepting applications on a rolling basis.

Email *
Orchard, garden, park or facility name: *
Orchard physical location address *
County of orchard location *
Who will the orchard serve? *
Point of contact for this application, please include name and cell phone *
Applicant relationship with proposed orchard site *
Website related to proposed orchard location (if any)
Links to social media pages (if any)
Link to photographs of the site
How do you propose to manage and maintain the orchard? *
List orchard project partners and advisors
Estimate the number of hours of direct sunlight the site receives during the growing season (March-Oct) *
Size of area available for planting, actual measurements are preferred to estimates *
Describe site proximity and access to a reliable water source. *
Does the site currently produce food or have infrastructure to produce food?  If so, check all that apply.
Please describe your volunteer base, volunteer activities and how you will mobilize volunteers to plant and maintain the orchard. *
Do you assume responsibility for basic plant care needs such as watering, regular mulching and pruning?
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Are you available to attend workshops on plant care and organize educational sessions for your team and volunteers?
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Anything else you'd like us to know?
A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.
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