Grower Profiles

Lost Nation

Kordick Family Farm

Gopher Hill

Westwind

Old Frog Pond

Broomholm

Tooley's Trees

Hemlock Grove

Jolicoeur

Brook Farm

The Apple Farm

Peaceful Heritage

Hillview

Bear Swamp

Walden Heights

Blue Heron

Silver Creek Nursery

Eves Cidery

Kretschmann Farm

Bayhead Farms

Know Your Roots

Sourwood Mountain

Morninglory Farm

Fruitilicious Farm

Vista Ridge

Pommes de Terre

Black Barn Farm

Posting a profile begins with asking Michael how to proceed. Overall word count of your answers can go as high as 1,000 words. Parameters for the personal and orchard images will be provided and then uploaded in-house. Easy peasy!

Full-fledged members of the Holistic Orchard Network get invited to share greater detail about their orchards. This in turn helps others assess your orchard reality – your location, hardiness zone, what fruits are being grown, acreage, management practices, and markets – to better understand your perspective in the discussion forum.

the basic questionnaire:

Tell us about your growing philosophy. A few key details about management choices will help others understand your approach to growing healthy fruit.

Tell us about your place on Earth. The extent of your orchard, fruits in the ground, and growing zone specifics go here.

What draws you to growing fruit? Feel free to release your inner druid!

What holistic innovation keeps your trees rarin' to grow? Embracing specific site challenges from a wellness perspective often leads to inspired solutions.

How has an ecosystem approach changed your tree reality for the better? Building orchard health takes dedication. Time now to reveal the paybacks.

Share an “aha! moment” that made you a better grower. Nothing beats recognizing how the next piece of the puzzle fits into a good plan!

What might you change if you could do one thing over again in your orchard?

How do you go about marketing the good fruit? Or simply sharing the excitement of growing your own?