Volunteer Opportunities with Farmnet

Our biggest current volunteer need is for our upcoming Loquat harvest. 

From Amelia, about our loquat harvest volunteer needs: 

I'm Amelia from the Grand Gardens Community Garden and New Port Richey FarmNet, in New Port Richey. It's a special time of year when the delicious loquat fruit of our area will soon be ready for picking....and in turn for our 10 annual Loquat Festival. I'm extending an invitation to be part of this with us.

Loquat Harvesting will be only a 2-hour commitment of fun and learning that happens every Sunday, starting  Feb 25th Grand Gardens: 5721 Grand Blvd, New Port Richey.. We are harvesting loquats to make jellies, jams, and other loquat goodies for loquat festival. Most years this has been done by the Grand Gardens community garden members, but this year we are recruiting anyone interested to ensure lots of fruit is available. It is also the kind of easy event that everyone enjoys and should take part in at least once! The trees we regularly pick from are in NPR, but we also extend out to Port Richey, Hudson, Tarpon Springs, and wherever we are invited to go.

At the Grand Gardens on February 18th at 1pm we will be hosting a HOW TO or ORIENTATION for anyone interested in harvesting to attend. 

We will cover:

· How to harvest

· The different types varieties of loquats

·  Some history of Loquats, etc.