Why Plant Fruit Trees?
By planting and caring for fruit trees at home, at school, and at work, we can enjoy fresh-picked flavor. We can spend less money for food. We can become more cooperative by caring for trees together, and by sharing our harvests. We can protect the environment, because when we eat fruit fresh from nearby trees, we reduce pollutionPollution
Harmful chemicals and contaminants released into the atmosphere and the water, primarily as a result of human activity. from growing, transporting, storing, and processing store-bought fruit, and when we grow our trees without pesticidesPesticide
Chemical poison used to kill unwanted animals. While pesticides may be effective in controlling unwanted animal populations, they often kill other animals as well., we keep poison out of the environment.
As we plant and care for fruit trees, we can examine many other aspects of our lives. We can ask you what we do influences trees and other living things. We can think more carefully about how we work and play, the goods and services we provide, and those we buy. We can become more conscientious about reducing how much we use, and about reusing, reparing, and recycling. We can learn principles of ecologyEcology
The study of living organisms and their interaction with the environment and use them to see more clearly what we and other people really want and how we and they really can get it.
HomePlanting Guide
Here you can find out how to plant your fruit tree and how to care about it so that it grows up healthy. 
NextBare-Root Fruit Trees
Growers graft two different trees with characteristics they like together to make bare-root fruit trees.