Welcome to Outback Orchards!
We are an ever-evolving, small scale, orchard and urban garden, first established in 2013. We maintain perennials, annuals, fruit trees and berry bushes. In 2020-2022 we partnered with The Harvest Collective, whose members and volunteers created a sustainable urban forest, primarily built on bio-swales. They planted and mulched ditches following the contours of the land to slow the flow of water, giving it time to infiltrate the soil.
In 2025, we renewed our partnership with The Harvest Collective, whose members have worked vigorously to regenerate the original bioswales, install irrigation, and reestablish the blackberry, raspberry, and black raspberry canes. Through their efforts we will enjoy more fruit and nut trees 2026.
Other Outback community-based activities have included pressing apple cider, holding fire circles, hosting music events, and organizing educational sessions and art projects. Since 2015, we have provided resources and a large gardening plot to a local family who immigrated to Roanoke from Burundi.
Check back here in 2026 (or so) for updates about ever-evolving, small scale, orchard and urban garden. And meanwhile take a look at these photos from over the years here at Outback Orchards!
