The Giving Trees Winter Update
From the bottoms and tops of our brimming heats, Sage and I want to Thank You for helping us take root and grow over the last 6 months. Sometimes it shocks us to remember that The Giving Trees project was only an idea less than a year ago. We have learned so much as we grow together and with our community. Now we are settling in for our first Giving Trees winter. Leaves have fallen to protect the soil from the cold and a blanket of snow dotted with footprints covers everything. Like animals in our winter homes, we can rest a bit, assess what we learned, dream, and celebrate what we are doing together.
The Giving Trees planted 40 Blight Resistant Chestnut and Pawpaw Trees in Fall,
and we have over 100 more saplings ordered for Spring planting right here in the Hudson Valley.
We made delicious foods from the forest and shared them with over 200 people, including more than
80 lbs of acorn and chestnut flours.
We launched our first ever Acorn and Chestnut Flour Cookbook - Take 1
(for sale and available for free online @ this Link
Mark and Sage taught about tree based foods & met so many cool people from the community at
7 public events in summer & fall. Our acorn processing station was always a huge hit with kids and adults alike.
Most importantly, we felt a huge wave of community support that is carrying us forward to protect the forests, grow them healthier, and continue to build our connections to nature through the saplings we plant, the lessons we learn, and the meals we share together.
Here is a brief list of highlights from July - December... there are so many we cannot list them all.
If you skip down the page you will see -
- our scheduled Acorn Processing & Baking Days and Hide Work Days
- our newly launched - Valentine's Day Gift Boxes packed with delicious heartfelt treats from the trees and local artists, including our Wild Harvested Apple Cider Vinegar to support good health all winter long.
Please be in touch if you would like a box for yourself or to give one as a gift.
(845) 668-0750 writetothegivingtrees@gmail.com
We are looking forward to the rest of winter - cooking scrumptious foods and experimenting with incredible ingredients. Each day brings us a little closer to spring - when we will plant over 100 trees together, spreading our branches and leaves, soaking up the summer sunlight, to grow, and grow and grow so we can provide fall's bountiful harvests.
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Maple Butter
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Acorn Ice Cream
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Forest Nutty Granola
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2 Blight Resistant Chestnut or Persimmon Trees
Treat
Yourself
Treat a
Friend
The Giving Trees
Valentine's
Day
Gift
Boxes
- $150
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2 Acorn Flour Fudgy Brownies
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Wild Harvest Apple Cider Vinegar
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Custom Beeswax Candle & Card
made by artists Katie Gibbons & Emily Orb
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Woodsy Acorn Cocktail
or Spruce Mocktail
* we will give you saplings or plant locally for you
100% Gluten Free & Optionally Vegan (let us know)
Limited Run of only 15 Boxes.
Free pickup/delivery up to 30 miles. Shipping additional $35, we cannot ship trees.
If you want a box through the mail we will plant the trees locally for you.
Trees arrive in April for Spring planting.
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February 1
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February 8
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February 15
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March 8
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March 15
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Keep an eye out for future Spring Tree Planting Days!!!
Acorn Processing and Baking Schedule - free and open to all
Sundays 12 - 4 pm @ 5 Madeline Lane Rosendale
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January 27
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February 3
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February 10
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February 17
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February 24
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March 3
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March 10
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March 17
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March 24