Tree and Ladder

Home Orchard Care

Portland, OR

503-333-2284

We specialize in helping homeowners grow fruit trees and berries by providing expert help with pruning, grafting, pest and disease management, planting and design.

Whether you want to learn how to care for your backyard orchard yourself, use our year-round organic management services, or just have access to expert advice, we help you install, maintain and repair fruit-bearing trees and shrubs for maximum health, yield, and environmental conscientiousness.

Rates

Maintenance: Following an initial consultation, we will provide a thorough list of seasonal recommendations specific to your site, varieties, and fruit/tree size and conditions.

Maintenance services are billed at $100/hr (1 hr minimum)Hauling and dumping fee $85 per load. Trees typically take between 0.5-2 hours to prune depending on size.

Send us a photo for a free estimate (please include a person or garbage bin near the trunk for perspective)

Teaching and Consulting:  One on one training, or consulting with Jessie. She will teach you to organically care for and maintain your fruit crops on your own. Includes all aspects of year-round seasonal care. Consultations typically are an hour. $125/per hour (1 hour minimum)

Alternatively we are now offering one-on-one sessions at our urban farm Oracle Orchard for $60 an hour.

Lower costs: by sourcing and picking up your own plants, amendments, etc from the nursery (see blog post on recommended fruit varieties for Portland), or disposing of the clippings in your green waste bin after we are gone.

Travel time fee: We will be charging a fee for travel outside the city limits to cover some of the transit time and fuel costs. The fee is $25-75 depending on location.