Events

Wednesday, April 16 | 6:30 to 7:30 | Online

The Serviceberry: Let’s Read, Reflect & Amplify the Gift

Robin’s words have profoundly influenced Fruition’s shift into growing and gifting rather than continuing to sell and ship seeds. In collaboration with Ganondagan, let’s remember to remember together as we read aloud, reflect on our lives and the wider world, preparing to let our gardens and plant kin grow us in the many moments and seasons to come. Join us here: https://zoom.us/j/94171163791

If you’d love to read along, dive headlong into her luminous essay, The Serviceberry. You’ll also find a recording of Robin reading her own words, as warm as the ancient invitation. Her most recent book, The Serviceberry, expands the essay in extraordinary ways and you can support indigenous booksellers when you purchase it from Ganondagan.

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Thursday April 17 | 6 to 7 pm | Seed Swap at Naples Library

Join us for our annual seed swap at the Naples Library! All are welcome and encouraged to receive abundant seeds, whether you bring with seeds to share or have empty hands for us all to fill. If you’ve seeds to share, thanks for arriving ~15 minutes early so we can begin right at 6! Rather than a ‘come and go’ seed swap, thanks for joining us for a seed gifting experience at 6 that will nourish us all beyond carrots or calories.

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Friday April 18 | 10 to 4 pm | Potting Up Party at Fruition!

We’re growing thousands of tomato, pepper & eggplant seedlings to gift our community, so come grow your skills & reciprocity as we pot up seedlings all day! Join us for a few minutes, a few hours or all day. We’ll be cozy inside the greenhousee; bring your own beverage, lunch & any snacks you’d love to savor & perhaps even share. Come hungry to learn as well as get dirty!

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Friday April 18 | 6 pm Potluck ~ 7 to 8:30 pm Seed Gifting | UU Church of Canandaigua, NY
The Gift of Seeds + Potluck Supper!

After our potluck, bring home seeds to sow resilience in your community as we cultivate gift culture together! After 12 years of growing regionally adapted seeds for sale, Fruition now grows hundreds of vegetable, flower and herb seeds to share as gifts. Like these seeds, we trust generosity amplifies abundance in the world. In this spirit, we invite you to practice giving and receiving seeds differently than you’ve ever experienced before. As we (un)learn mindsets of scarcity and receive the extraordinary abundance of seeds, we invite you to join our beautiful, reflective, joyful and transformative 90-minute experience where we will laugh, play, practice the hard work of receiving beyond transaction and perhaps even shed a tear or two. 

And Friends: If you love Robin Wall Kimmerer’s words and wonder how to more deeply practice gift economy, you’re not alone & do join us 🙂

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Saturday, April 19 | 10 – 2 | at Fruition Seeds

The Gift of Trees & Transplants: Sharing Serviceberry, Apple & Elderberry Trees alongside so many Transplants & Seeds (with Ganondagan)

Come ready to receive seeds as well as and bareroot Serviceberry trees, both native and delectable Saskatoon cultivars! We’ll also share elderberry and apple, chestnut, persimmon and chokecherry trees in addition to seeds, as well as sweet lil tomato, pepper and eggplant seedlings for you to pot up and tend at home.

10 am: Farm Tour!

11 to noon: The Gift of Trees (for adults, kids, families, everyone!)

Come for an experience unlike any ‘market’ experience you’ve ever had: Arrive early and plan to stay the whole time, as you would for the theater, and come ready to feel, remember, reimagine and celebrate spring with us.

noon to 1: potluck lunch! bring your own plates & utensils as well as (delectable at room temp) potluck offering, if it’s easy

At Fruition, always trust there will be enough for you & for us all, no matter what you do or don’t do or bring 💛

1 to 2 pm: Planting Serviceberries Together (both informative and fun for families & kids of all ages, come ready to get dirty!)

Do you have a gift you’d love to share with everyone? Bring it along!

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Sunday April 20 | Fruition is Closed

Happy Spring, Happy Easter & Friends, we’ll be with our family, so stay cozy, know you’re loved & see you soon!

Tuesday April 22 | 5:30 to 7 pm | Starting Seeds at Naples Library

Let’s start seeds together! The Naples Library will provide all the materials for you to bring home a freshly sown tray of seedlings: Happy Earth Day and don’t be shy!

Space is limited so register soon here.

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Friday, April 24 | 5 – 7 pm | Stone Bend Farm (196 Porter Road) Newfield, NY

5:30 to 6:30: Gift of Seed (for adults, kids & families!)

Come early and stay late for snacks and community, and thanks for joining us for the fullness of our Gift of Seed offering, Friends!

Bring home seeds to sow resilience in your community as we cultivate gift culture together! After 12 years of growing regionally adapted seeds for sale, Fruition now grows hundreds of vegetable, flower and herb seeds to share as gifts. Like these seeds, we trust generosity amplifies abundance in the world. In this spirit, we invite you to practice giving and receiving seeds differently than you’ve ever experienced before. As we (un)learn mindsets of scarcity and receive the extraordinary abundance of seeds, we invite you to join our beautiful, reflective, joyful and transformative ~1 hour experience where we will laugh, play, practice the hard work of receiving beyond transaction and perhaps even shed a tear or two. 

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Sharing the Gift of Seeds

Friday, April 25 | 6 – 8 pm | 1st National Bank Artist Gallery (101 N. Union St) in Olean, NY

Bring home seeds to sow resilience in your community as we cultivate gift culture together! After 12 years of growing regionally adapted seeds for sale, Fruition now grows hundreds of vegetable, flower and herb seeds to share as gifts. Like these seeds, we trust generosity amplifies abundance in the world. In this spirit, we invite you to practice giving and receiving seeds differently than you’ve ever experienced before. As we (un)learn mindsets of scarcity and receive the extraordinary abundance of seeds, we invite you to join our beautiful, reflective, joyful and transformative ~2 hour experience where we will laugh, play, practice the hard work of receiving beyond transaction and perhaps even shed a tear or two. 

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Saturday, April 26 | 2 Events | at Fruition Seeds

The Gift of Seeds

Join us for seeds being shared as gifts! Come for an experience unlike any ‘market’ experience you’ve ever had: Arrive early and plan to stay the whole time, as you would for the theater, and come ready to feel, remember, reimagine and celebrate spring with us.

10 to noon: The Gift of Seed (for adults & babes in arms)

2 to 3 pm: The Gift of Seed (for families & kids of all ages)

Stay tuned for more details 💛

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Sunday April 27 | 4 to 7 pm | at Fruition Seeds

The Gift of Seeds & Potluck!

Join us for seeds being shared as gifts! Come for an experience unlike any ‘market’ experience you’ve ever had: Arrive early and plan to stay the whole time, as you would for the theater, and come ready to feel, remember, reimagine and celebrate spring with us.

4 to 6: The Gift of Seeds (for adults & babes in arms)

6 pm: Potluck!

For the potluck, trust there will be plenty of food for all whether you bring a dish or not: (y)our hunger for community is (y)our primary offering 💛

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

​Sunday, April 27 | 10 to 2 | at Ganondagan

Plant a Serviceberry Orchard at Ganondagan!

Join us for an experience of sharing and reciprocity. We’ll begin by planting Serviceberry trees at Ganondagan, then share readings from Robin Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass & The Serviceberry while enjoying light refreshments. After, friends will be sent on their way with a savory white corn featured tasting in a container they bring.

Though this event is free, space is limited and register here.

Friends! Join us at the Iroquois White Corn Project Farmhouse, 7191 County Road 41 in Victor, rather than the Cultural Center up the hill.

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Saturday, May 3 | 2 Events | at Fruition Seeds

The Gift of Seeds

Join us for seeds being shared as gifts! Come for an experience unlike any ‘market’ experience you’ve ever had: Arrive early and plan to stay the whole time, as you would for the theater, and come ready to feel, remember, reimagine and celebrate spring with us.

10 to noon: The Gift of Seed (for adults & babes in arms)

2 to 3 pm: The Gift of Seed (for families & kids of all ages)

Stay tuned for more details 💛

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Sunday May 4 | 2 Events | at Fruition Seeds

The Gift of Seeds + Seasonal Work Social

10 to noon: Seasonal work social: Let’s plant our nursery apple trees to gift at Wassail as winter beckons. Bring a plate and potluck offering to share at noon together and if you’re able, stay for…

The Gift of Seed: Join us for seeds being shared as gifts! Come for an experience unlike any ‘market’ experience you’ve ever had: Arrive early and plan to stay the whole time, as you would for the theater, and come ready to feel, remember, reimagine and celebrate spring with us.

1 to 3 pm: The Gift of Seeds (for adults & babes in arms)

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Wednesday May 7 | 4 to 7 pm | at Trumansburg Farmer’s Market

Seed Share & Swap!

Join us celebrating the first Trumansburg Farmer’s Market of the Season! We’ll bring lots of seeds to gift and thanks for bringing any you’d love to share with our beloved community, too. Join us at 6 pm for a 20-minute delving into remembering and reimagining how we might give and receive as seeds and ourselves as gifts, even here in market economy.

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Saturday, May 10 | 2 Events | at Fruition Seeds

The Gift of Seeds + Transplant Share!

Join us for seeds being shared as gifts! Come for an experience unlike any ‘market’ experience you’ve ever had: Arrive early and plan to stay the whole time, as you would for the theater, and come ready to feel, remember, reimagine and celebrate spring with us.

10 to noon: The Gift of Seeds & Transplants (for adults & babes in arms)

2 to 3 pm: The Gift of Seeds & Transplants (for families & kids of all ages)

Stay tuned for more details 💛

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Sunday May 11 | 2 Events | at Fruition Seeds

The Gift of Seeds + Transplant Share!

Join us for seeds being shared as gifts! Come for an experience unlike any ‘market’ experience you’ve ever had: Arrive early and plan to stay the whole time, as you would for the theater, and come ready to feel, remember, reimagine and celebrate spring with us.

10 to noon: Seasonal work social: Let’s plant our nursery apple trees to gift at Wassail as winter beckons. Bring a lunch to share at noon together and if you’re able, stay for…

2 to 4 pm: The Gift of Seeds & Transplants (for adults & babes in arms)

Stay tuned for more details 💛

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Saturday, May 17 | 2 Events | at Fruition Seeds

The Gift of Seeds

Join us for seeds being shared as gifts! Come for an experience unlike any ‘market’ experience you’ve ever had: Arrive early and plan to stay the whole time, as you would for the theater, and come ready to feel, remember, reimagine and celebrate spring with us.

10 to noon: The Gift of Seed (for adults & babes in arms)

2 to 3 pm: The Gift of Seed (for families & kids of all ages)

Stay tuned for more details 💛

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Sunday May 18 | 2 Events | at Fruition Seeds

The Gift of Seeds

Join us for seeds being shared as gifts! Come for an experience unlike any ‘market’ experience you’ve ever had: Arrive early and plan to stay the whole time, as you would for the theater, and come ready to feel, remember, reimagine and celebrate spring with us.

10 to noon: Seasonal work social: Let’s plant our nursery apple trees to gift at Wassail as winter beckons. Bring a lunch to share at noon together and if you’re able, stay for…

2 to 4 pm: The Gift of Seeds (for adults & babes in arms)

Stay tuned for more details 💛

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Wednesday June 4 | 4 to 6 pm | at Naples Library

Community Gardening & Potluck!

Join us planting the Naples Library Community Garden, Friends! Come with your curiosity, get ready to get dirty and let’s share a celebratory potluck at 6 pm! Arrive and depart as you feel called and bring your own plate and utensils for the potluck, as well. And bring a bag to bring something tasty home from the garden, as well 🙂

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Saturday June 28 | 10 to 2 pm | at Fruition Seeds

Share the Harvest: Garlic Scape U-Pick Party!

Whether you’d love 20 or 200+ garlic scapes to savor (pickles or pesto, anyone?!!), bring your family and friends to harvest them here at Fruition! We’ll gather by our Sow Seeds & Sing Songs mural at 10, walking to the west field to harvest together. Bring comfortable walking shoes, your own bag(s) to bring scapes home in as well as water to sip in the sunshine — and yes, we’ve plenty of fresh mint to tuck in your bottle!

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Wednesday July 2 | 4 to 6 pm | at Naples Library

Community Gardening & Potluck!

Join us tending the Naples Library Community Garden, Friends! Come with your curiosity, get ready to get dirty and let’s share a celebratory potluck at 6 pm! Arrive and depart as you feel called and bring your own plate and utensils for the potluck, as well. Oh and: bring a bag to bring home abundance!

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Saturday July 19 | potluck at 4, music at 6 & performance at 6:30 | The Tempest at Fruition

Shake on the Lake is bringing Shakespeare’s The Tempest to Fruition! If you’d love to join our potluck prior, bring your own dishes and dish to pass and bring your own folding chairs and / or blanket to sit on, as well. We’ll be outside, so come prepared for temps to drop as the sun descends and what a magical evening we’ll long remember, Friends!

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Wednesday, July 30 | 6:30 to 7:30 | Online

The Serviceberry: Let’s Read, Reflect & Amplify the Gift

Robin’s words have profoundly influenced Fruition’s shift into growing and gifting rather than continuing to sell and ship seeds. In collaboration with Ganondagan, let’s remember to remember together as we read aloud, reflect on our lives and the wider world, preparing to let our gardens and plant kin grow us in the many moments and seasons to come. Stay tuned for link details.

If you’d love to read along, dive headlong into her luminous essay, The Serviceberry. You’ll also find a recording of Robin reading her own words, as warm as the ancient invitation. Her most recent book, The Serviceberry, expands the essay in extraordinary ways and you can support indigenous booksellers when you purchase it from Ganondagan.

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Wednesday August 6 | 4 to 6 pm | at Naples Library

Community Gardening & Potluck!

Join us tending the Naples Library Community Garden, Friends! Come with your curiosity, get ready to get dirty and let’s share a celebratory potluck at 6 pm! Arrive and depart as you feel called and bring your own plate and utensils for the potluck, as well. Oh and: bring a bag to bring home abundance!

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

August 7th to 10th | at Folk Art Guild’s Craft Weekend in Middlesex, NY

Saving Our Seeds, Saving Ourselves: Skills & songs for fruitful futures

What if gardens grow us more than we grow them? What if seeds save us more than we save them? With reverent curiosity, let’s cultivate our seed skills both practical and cultural to nourish both our personal and collective abundance. With gardens, fields and forests as our teachers, let’s center the wisdom of seeds, our 400 million year old ancestors and mentors.

Whether you’ve saved seeds for years or dreamed for years, your questions, curiosity and dreams will be watered by hands-on practice, conversation, creative writing and song. We’ll build a foundation of seed saving knowledge, diving deep into practical botany in the gardens as we harvest seeds together and learn to winnow them using simple tools many of us already have at home. We’ll cultivate connection with the seeds of our heritage and invite seeds, as portals to possibility, to nourish and grow communities of care around us. With words, songs and silence we’ll reflect and make seed mandalas, as well! We know a more fruitful future for all is possible and Friends, we are the seeds, it takes a village and your plate is waiting ~

Learn more and register here.

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Saturday August 16 | 10 to 8 pm | at Fruition Seeds

Nourish: Tomato Tasting, Seed Saving & Harvest Potluck Feast

Let’s taste all kinds of tomatoes and save tomato seeds, Friends! Together we’ll harvest and then squeeze seeds from each fruit so everyone returns home with an abundance of organic tomatoes ready for salsa, sauce and many seasons to come. Bring an empty container (5 gallon buckets welcome) and bring your friends!

10 am: Join us harvesting fruit & squeezing seeds!

noon: potluck lunch

1 pm: tomato squeezing continues as other people prepare tomatoes for sauce in Fruition’s community kitchen as well as tomato dishes for our Harvest Feast. Come hungry to share as well as learn 🙂

4 pm: Join our Harvest Potluck Feast!

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Saturday August 23 | 10 to 5 pm | at Fruition Seeds

Fruition’s Melon Celebration!

Each year we grow a small ocean of melons “just” for the seeds inside (!) so come help us savor all the fruit with friends!

Join us for an all-you-can-eat melon tasting alongside a scavenger hunt of a hands-on farm tour, designed with kids (of all ages!) in mind.

10 am: Join us for a pre-melon celebration work party social as we tend the farm together ~ and oh we love you!

noon: potluck lunch (bring your own dishes as well as dish to pass)

1 to 5 pm: savor watermelon!

2 pm: join our farm tour

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Wednesday September 3 | 4 to 6 pm | at Naples Library

Community Gardening & Potluck!

Join us tending the Naples Library Community Garden, Friends! Come with your curiosity, get ready to get dirty and let’s share a celebratory potluck at 6 pm! Arrive and depart as you feel called and bring your own plate and utensils for the potluck, as well. Oh and: bring a bag to bring home abundance!

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.

Wednesday October 1 | 4 to 6 pm | at Naples Library

Community Gardening & Potluck!

Join us putting to bed the Naples Library Community Garden, Friends! Come with your curiosity, get ready to get dirty and let’s share a celebratory potluck at 6 pm! Arrive and depart as you feel called and bring your own plate and utensils for the potluck, as well. Oh and: bring a bag to bring home abundance!

Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here.