HOEC MISSION & ORCHARD HISTORY
The HOEC Mission: To celebrate and explore horticultural education, provide equitable community access to healthy food, and support systems that promote intergenerational community connection.
The HOEC Community Orchard: The HOEC Community Orchard, located on the Clackamas Community College Campus is the base for all of our workshops, volunteer programming, and CSA operations. This 1.6 acre educational orchard serves as an important community space dedicated to the preservation of heirloom fruit varieties, hands-on opportunities for learning, and demonstration of home orcharding practices.
From the 1980s until 2020, the orchard was stewarded by a long beloved non-profit called Home Orchard Society (HOS). What we now call the Home Orchard Education Center was previously the Home Orchard Society arboretum.
Who Is Home Orchard Education Center?
When Home Orchard Society dissolved in 2020, a small group of dedicated volunteers jumped in to form a brand new non-profit that would take over stewardship of the orchard. Paperwork was filed, a makeshift board was quickly formed, and just a few months later, Home Orchard Education Center was born.
While our name is similar, Home Orchard Education Center (HOEC) is not legally affiliated with Home Orchard Society (HOS). Our Executive Tonia Lordy, was the orchard manager for HOS, and many of the HOS community orchard volunteers are still orchard volunteers today. 🧡 You will also still see the old HOS name on the metal sculpture outside of the front gates, and from time to time people will still refer to us fondly as Home Orchard Society.
ANNUAL REPORTS
Download our 2023 Annual Summary
Download our 2022 Annual Summary
Download our 2021 Annual Summary
Nonprofit Tax Code Designation: 501(c)(3) / EIN: 85-3667449