Hidden Harvest | Register Your Food Tree

Register your tree

Please fill out this form if you have fruit or a nut tree to share. The earlier you fill out this form the better (eg. in the winter or spring) as we need to anticipate the harvest in order to have equipment and volunteers organized for harvests in the summer and fall.

Wait for our call

We will contact you before organizing a harvest event on your property. We will never show up to harvest unannounced.

Help spread the word

We need your help to obtain permission to harvest more trees. You are welcome to use this leaflet [PDF] as a tool to register their trees too.

Our Current Focus

Registering your tree does not guarantee we will be able to harvest it. Hidden Harvest is growing, but we do not have the resources to harvest every tree registered.

This year we are focusing our efforts on neighbourhoods & wards where we have permission to harvest more than one tree. Registering your tree early AND helping nearby friends and neighbours register their trees is a good way to increase the chances that we will be giving you a call to arrange a harvest.

If you have already registered your tree in a previous year, then you simply need to let us know it's ready for harvesting. We have a nice, simple short form for that here: Notify us of your Ripening Tree

Your Contact Information

Name*

First Last

Phone*

please enter as (###)###-####

Is this a cellphone?

Yes
No

Email*

Are you familiar with Hidden Harvest's harvest events?

We mobilize groups of volunteers to pick and share fruit and nuts which would otherwise go to waste.

Yes, I have attended a harvest event before
Yes, I have heard / read about it
No, but I think I get the idea
No, I would appreciate more information

Tree Information

Do you own the land the tree is on?*

We do obtain permission to harvest any trees on City property. However, for any trees you find on private property we need your help in approaching the land owners and obtain permission to harvest their trees.

Yes
No, but I do have the owner's permission
No, this tree is on City of Ottawa property
No, this tree is on NCC property

Address of Tree*

Please enter a street address near the location of these trees.

If you have the good fortune to be able to share multiple trees, simply fill in the information for one of these trees. Let us know that you have more in the "Additional Comments" box below and we will give you a call to get the details.

Street Address Address Line 2 City Province Postal Code

City Ward of Tree*

Please select the City Ward where this tree is located. You can find your ward here

Species*

The Ottawa Public Library is full of resources to help you identify local trees and free mobile apps like Leafsnap may be helpful too.

Other Species*

Please name the species of tree or vine that you would like to offer.

Month the tree usually fruits*

(when has this tree ripened in the past?)

Variety

(eg. McIntosh, Bartlett, Concord)

Tree Girth (circumference in inches)

(if known... ...here's a short guide.)

Hidden Harvest events offer 1/4 of the harvest to the home owner. Would you like to keep your 1/4 share?

Any remaining fruit will be put to good use and increase our donation to community food agencies and local food programs.

Does this tree require a ladder to harvest?

Do you have (or know of) a ladder we could use?

While on the property, what would you like us to be aware of?

(eg. Delecate plants, animals, possible obstructions, etc...)

Additional Comments to Hidden Harvest Staff & Volunteers

Is there anything else (unrelated to this tree) you would like us to know?