The Serving : Giving Grove Newsletter March 2021

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View this email in your browser Published quarterly, The Serving covers backyard orcharding, fruit tree management, helpful harvest tips, and Giving Grove updates. Thank you for helping make a big impact with little orchards! Giving Grove Hosts 1st National Conference The Giving Grove was thrilled to host its first-ever national conference this month! Guests from Giving Grove’s partner organizations in Cincinnati, Louisville, Omaha, Memphis and St. Louis traveled to Kansas City to attend a carefully planned, COVID-conscious conference in a primarily outdoor setting.  “For the first time, The Giving Grove brought together its partners to experience the collective power of our affiliate network.  Each organization brings to the table its own expertise in urban agriculture," said Rob Reiman, Giving Grove CEO. "This conference allowed us to exchange information and best practices. We believe that the training our affiliates received last week will help their communities grow and distribute food in their neighborhoods for generations to come.” For more photos from the three days of orcharding collaboration, please visit our Facebook and Instagram pages!   Coming in April: Earth Day and Arbor Day! April brings spring planting projects and two very special holidays: Earth Day and Arbor Day! We're celebrating by sharing new tree planting and tree maintenance resources on our website. Check out the helpful tips and how-to guides from our experienced horticulture team and share them with friends and neighbors! If you cannnot plant your own fruit trees this spring, please consider a gift to help The Giving Grove plant one (or more!) in your honor. The Gattermeir Family Foundation has generously offered to match all gifts between now and Arbor Day (April 30), up to $25,000. With your help, we can secure funding for 500 new trees by Arbor Day 2021! Learn more here.   Now Introducing...  Join a community of caring people making a big impact through little orchards The Seedling brings together generous supporters like you who are committed to planting kindness, health, community, knowledge, sustainability and opportunity throughout the U.S. By joining The Seedling, you will receive insider access to exclusive recipes, video content and good news from the orchards while helping Giving Grove reach 20 cities and one billion servings of free, healthy food - all while improving the urban environment and bringing people together. Learn more here! Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*