Welcome!
The Urban Orchardist is a business specializing in all things related to fruit tree horticulture and edible landscapes.
Our trees are organically grown on the edge of Guelph, Ontario. We grow, sell, prune, and teach how to care for fruit trees. We ship across Canada, and offer hands-on pruning and consulting services throughout southern Ontario.
Read below about our nursery offerings and client services.
Please note: Fall delivery/pickup season has completed for autumn 2024. Orders are open, but trees will be held until the spring 2025 planting season.
A diverse fruit and nut tree nursery on the edge of Guelph.
The Urban Orchardist nursery specializes in disease-resistant, cold hardy, organically-grown fruit trees, nut trees, berries, and more.
We grow high-quality trees for home & community orchards and anyone looking to make their yard more edible.
Our catalogue includes apple, European and Asian pear, sweet and tart cherry, plums, hardy pecans, hazelnuts, concord grape, and more.
Fruit tree services
Have a mature fruit tree you aren’t sure how to care for, or would like professionally pruned?
A small orchard you'd like technical support with?
A yard you’d like to transform into a diverse food forest, or a community garden that you’d like to transition into a community orchard?
This is my specialty. Let's chat about the type of support you need, and how I may be able to help.
Writings
In the news
Featured in a local documentary from Taste Detours, on my contribution to, and vision for, a regional food economy. Released summer 2022.
Interviewed about pawpaws and more, on the To Know the Land podcast with naturalist educator byron murray.
Guelph Today article on my business goals, my home food forest, and my work with clients. Spring 2022.
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