Helping communities grow, harvest and share healthy food by providing the resources needed to plant edible tree gardens in areas experiencing food insecurity.
Planting Promise isn’t about chasing the next big idea.
It’s about bringing people from different sectors into the same room to think longer, listen better, and build what lasts.
April 2. Tickets on sale. GivingGrove.org/Planting-Pro…
In Garland, TX, a neighborhood orchard is becoming a living memorial, where young trees hold memories, healing unfolds, and community grows stronger. Read the full story here givinggrove.org/blog-referen…
We’re excited to welcome Dr. Nadina Galle to Planting Promise 2026!
She’s an ecological engineer, Nat Geo Explorer, and author of The Nature of Our Cities, exploring how tech nature help cities thrive.
📚 Thanks to Rainy Day Books for sponsoring.
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Nursery Management Magazine released their Top 10 Articles of 2025, and the story featuring The Giving Grove and Forrest Keeling Nursery came in at #10.
Some stories travel farther than expected.nurserymag.com/news/nursery-…
At #PlantingPromise2026, The Giving Grove brings together food resilience, community orchards, and innovation. Featuring Dr. Nadina Galle, National Geographic Explorer and author of The Nature of Our Cities.
🎟️ Tickets are limited
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Blank calendar season? We can help 🌱
On 1/22, The Giving Grove is hosting a free, hands-on webinar for orchard stewards to build a 2026 community workday plan that actually fits local needs.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Our end-of-year campaign wasn’t about closing a chapter. It was about opening one.
Thanks to your generosity, we’re already 11% of the way toward reaching 1 million people within walking distance of a Giving Grove orchard in 2026.
Early momentum matters.
How does a community orchard really start? 🌱
Our Ryan Watson joined Rachel Tenney on the Plant School Podcast to talk fruit trees, community, and the work behind the scenes.
🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6RV…
New from Grow North Texas!
At the West Dallas Multipurpose Center, a once-empty patch of ground is now a thriving orchard. 🍏🌳
Explore how Ashley Hutto and the community transformed the space—and what a few fruit trees can spark.
👉 loom.ly/Yb0C3Io
🌳 As the year ends, we’re celebrating what we’ve grown together and looking toward an even greener 2026. Every gift before midnight is matched to support more orchards and more neighbors nourished.
✨ Let’s reach 1 million people together.
👉 givinggrove.org/grow
🌱 New on the blog!
Meet Ms. Wanda—the heart, soul, and hug-giver-in-chief of Cornerstone Community Garden in South Dallas. Her orchard is growing second chances, dignity, and community. 🍎💛
Read more 👉 loom.ly/YBvDU_0
🎄✨ Merry Christmas from The Giving Grove!
Thanks to everyone who tended trees, harvested fruit, or shared a moment in a little orchard this year. Your care helps communities grow. Wishing you joy, peace, and plenty of good things growing in 2026! 🍎🌱
🌱 Little orchards. Big impact. 🌳
We’re already reaching 835,000 people with orchards nearby and getting closer to 1 million.
Now through Dec 31, your gift is matched dollar for dollar up to $50,000. Help your impact grow twice as far.
👉 givinggrove.org/grow
🌱 Could urban farming help feed the world? From rooftop gardens to vertical farms, cities are already growing fresh food and strengthening communities. At Giving Grove, we’re proud to grow change from the ground up.
🌿 Explore how: loom.ly/z7rwsQM
🌱 What does it mean to grow regeneratively?
It’s more than just sustainable. It’s about restoring life to the soil, strengthening communities, and creating abundance that gives back more than it takes.
👉 Read the full story on our blog! loom.ly/FCfe_T4
Help us grow healthy fruit, green space, and community. 🌱🌳🍐
Donate today to double your impact and bring little orchards within walking distance of 1 million people. Together, we grow community.
👉givinggrove.org/grow
Wassail Celebration Workshop is tomorrow! 🌳🍎
Sign up: givinggrove.org/workshops/wa…
Learn simple songs, toasts, and traditions you can tailor to your community and orchard.
🎄 As the orchard trees go dormant, we’re settling in by the Christmas tree. Find your next winter read in our bookstore! 10% of profits goes towards Giving Grove orchards.
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