ReTreeUS

Our mission is to promote an environmentally sustainable, socially just food system by providing education, practical resources and mentorship.

We are a project under the United Charitable Programs. ReTreeUS is a nonprofit organization (501c3 under the United Charitable Programs) dedicated to promoting an environmentally sustainable, socially just food system. We plant orchards with local schools and provide educational programs that empower young people and their families to grow their own home gardens. We connect households of all incom

e levels with the resources they need to grow and buy local, organic produce, making nutrition accessible to those for whom good food is otherwise out of reach. With your help, ReTreeUS will be able to plant more orchards in schools, facilitate individuals to plant more backyard gardens and make healthy, sustainable food available to everyone. Feel the good energy of becoming involved with our program by donating, becoming a member or just learning about what we do. Thanks for visiting our page and being a part of positive growth.

04/24/2026

Happy Arbor Day! The fruit trees for this year’s plantings have been potted up and will be cared for in our nursery through the spring and summer until they’re planted in school orchards this fall.

Thanks to our partners at for these gloves as we create our nursery for the year, our own giving grove!

03/13/2026

Join Us in the Orchard! 🌳🍎

Pruning season is here, and we have several workshops this weekend (plus one happening today!). Late winter is the perfect time to care for fruit trees. While they’re dormant, we can shape strong structure, support tree health, and set orchards up for the growing season ahead.

It’s a wonderful time to gather outside and learn together. Come join us in tending to the trees that nourish our communities!

Today, March 13, 12–3 PM Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop Teisha’s Orchard, Lewiston Hosted with and

Tomorrow, March 14, 10 AM–1 PM Wake Up the Trees – Pruning Workshop & Orchard Work Party Boyd St Orchard, 58 Boyd St, Portland Hosted with

Tomorrow, March 14, 1–3 PM Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop , 1220 Maine St, Poland Hosted with the Poland Garden Club

Sunday, March 15, 10:30 AM–12:30 PM Apple & Peach Pruning Workshop Burchard A. Dunn School, New Gloucester Hosted with 207 Permaculture

03/07/2026

A foot of snow? No problem! ReTreeUS Community Tree Steward Sean Tomas O’Connell and a group of fourth graders from the Edgecomb Eddy School took the classroom outside, discussing late winter pruning and how students of all ages can care for our trees year-round. Afterwards, O’Connell and Orchard Caretaker Sarah Currier had an in-depth pruning workshop, preparing Edgecomb Eddy’s 12 fruit trees for the growing season.

11/05/2025

We had a great time at the “Put the Orchard to Bed” event at Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta last week. Students weeded around the trees, amended the orchard soil with Coast of Maine compost and finished with a blanket of wood chip mulch.

Through doing this the students created a feast for the FBI (fungi, bacterial and invertebrates) and talked about soil ecology including the nutrient cycle and the role of mycelium in tree soils.

Thank you to Orchard Caretaker Hedda Scribner, Mr Sal Azzaretti’s 6th Grade class and our Regional Program Manager, Rachel Lyn Rumson, for coordinating this event!

AND Thank you to the Growing Good program with for generously donating the stellar compost with the help of Damariscotta Hardware.

Questions about putting your orchard to bed this winter?? Reach out! We love to talk trees!!

11/03/2025

Outdoor classroom enthusiasts, mark your calendars for this upcoming FREE Webinar on Thursday November 13th!

Join ReTreeUS and for an interactive session exploring how school orchards and gardens can transform outdoor learning.

Together During the Webinar We Will:
-Explore the benefits and challenges of school orchards
-Share tested best practices for planning, teaching, and sustaining orchard projects
-Connect educators to ready-to-use curriculum resources aligned with NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards
-Create space for reflection and peer learning in break out discussions.

Whether your school already has fruit trees and gardens or you’re just starting to dream of the possibilities, this workshop is for you!

Date: Thursday November 13, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:00pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Register Now (it’s free!) → Link in bio!

10/23/2025

New fruit trees 🤝 Lewiston

Loving soil!

Last month, students from Lewiston High School, NextSTEP and Tree Street Youth’s ROOTED program planted 16 fruit trees at Teisha’s Orchard. In a few years, they’ll be able to harvest free, fresh fruit from Maine’s first Edible Arboretum, located in the heart of Lewiston.

A big thank you to .la_youth , and for making this all possible!

08/06/2025

This week the the ReTreeUS team was out in the nursery fertilizing, mulching and trimming our potted fruit and nut trees, assuring they will be in prime condition for the plantings in schools and community spaces this fall 💚

Our fruit trees LOVE the nourishing Coast of Maine Qouddy Compost Blend and Stonington Plant Food by Coast of Maine!

Rachel Lyn, Prisca & Sean, THANK YOU for your hard work keeping these trees happy 😀

05/19/2025

From Berkshire Botanical Garden in Western Massachusetts to Indian Township in Northeastern Maine. Spanning the edges of New England in one week to plant trees of fruit, seeds of fruit and support food sovereignty. Let’s go!

05/02/2025

Today, the ReTreeUS crew was in Portland, ME, teaming up with our friends at ! Prisca, one of our amazing service members has been working with us and Cultivating Community, and this space has been her home base. We got right to work in the heart of the city at Boyd Street Community Garden and the Edible Arboretum we’re working on here. We planted 4 Asian pears, 4 peaches, 2 mulberries, and 3 Nanking cherries — adding even more fruitful abundance to this community space.

04/25/2025

Important Update! Due to Saturday’s rainy forecast our Community Arbor Day Celebration has been moved to Sunday, April 27th from 10 AM–3 PM at 4 Dow Road in Sandwich, NH. Grateful to all the volunteers, musicians, and partners who are adapting with us. We are hopeful that the improved forecast will make for a fun and successful day celebrating trees, community and the start of the 2025 growing season!

What’s happening at our Arbor Day Celebration:
• Tree potting (1,000+ trees!)
• Children’s tree potting area
• Live music by The Starlight Honeys & White Mountain Ceili Band
• Raffles: win fruit trees, ReTreeUS merch, peonies, flower seedlings & more!
• Story time inspired by Amy & Polly from Cook Memorial Library
• Warm Up & Wind Down movement sessions
• Face painting & bubbles
• River trail exploration
• Papa Bean’s Ice Cream trailer
• Community lunch
• Hydration station

Free to attend. All are welcome. Come celebrate & help establish the 2025 fruit tree nursery with us! 🍏

Find full schedule + more details at www.retree.us/arbordaycelebration 🌳

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Auburn, ME
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http://www.retreeus.org/

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