LEAF Network Linking Edible Arizona Forests

The goal of the LEAF Network is to connect people with the benefits of edible trees, and to connect edible trees with the stewardship of people.

PLANT Your Tree

In this section, you will finish your path to growing edible trees by planting them at your site. Acquire the right type, number and size of trees to meet your goals and conditions at the site. Take the mature sizes of the trees into account when determining tree spacing and water supplies. Based on your water resources strategy and tree planting plan, install the watering system and dig planting holes. Carefully place the trees into the holes, backfill with dirt and water the trees. Get them off to a good start by applying mulch and weeding in the area around them. Record information about the type, date and care needed for your benefit and for those who may be stewarding the trees in the future. Click the links below to learn more.

Acquire Your Trees

Prepare Your Watering System

Place Your Trees in the Ground

Mulch, Weed and Label

CAUTION: Never eat anything that is not properly identified. It is your responsibility to ensure that all fruits, nuts, seeds, pods and other edible products of trees and shrubs are correctly identified and safe to eat before eating them or serving them to others.

LEAF is under the fiduciary stewardship of the Arizona Community Tree Council, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

This website and other LEAF Network products shown here was prepared under the Diverse Urban Forest grant, WCG 14-501, administered by the Arizona Community Tree Council. Funds for this project were provided by the Urban and Community Forestry Financial Assistance Program administered through Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management – Urban and Community Forestry Program and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service. In accordance with Federal law and USDA policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability (Not all prohibited basis applies to all programs). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.