Gleaners

It’s us or the deer, take your pick... 

PTGleaners (formerly known as Quimper Community Harvest) has been gleaning excess fruit from local trees since 2008. From July-October, teams of volunteers pick fruit from backyard sources to give to schools, food banks, non-profits, and senior centers. Gleaners also help manage the Blue Heron Middle School orchard. In 2021 (our highest season) over 18,000 pounds of fruit were donated to 7 schools and other organizations.

PTGleaners is organized by Seth Rolland, Suzanne Wilson, Janice Pastor, Keith Lierman and Jantina Clifford.

To volunteer for the 2026 season, please sign up HERE to be notified about picking opportunities.  We now use Groups.io for our group emails. Come to one picking or come to as many as your time allows and take home fruit for yourself.

Volunteers are needed to help organize, check trees, pick fruit (both on ladders and from the ground) and deliver fruit. Picking generally happens on Tuesdays from 3 - 5 pm, and Saturdays from 10 am - noon, from July to October.  We meet at a residence across from Chetzemoka Park. Exact instructions are given out prior to each gleaning opportunity via the Gleaning mailing list.

Donate from your own garden

We keep track of over 160 trees in backyard orchards. If you have a plum, peach, fig, pear, asian pear, or apple tree that is pesticide and worm free and would like it to be added to the list for yearly picking, please fill out this FORM.

For other information contact us at ptgleaning@gmail.com. 

PTGleaners also maintains the Blue Heron Middle School Orchard and makes Apple Sauce for the schools.