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“Our house burned down and we are rebuilding, but it won’t be completed until around Christmas. We lost all of our 7 fruit trees and will replace them, but cannot do it while the house is under construction…. I will tell you this is the first “free” opportunity I have wanted to use” The town of Paradise, California  underwent a devastating fire last fall. The Camp Fire, in Paradise, California was the deadliest in California history. Burning over 153,336 acres — destroying al

“To Our Friends at Burchell Nursery, ...You graciously donated quite a large number of plants to us and for that we are truly grateful.  Like so many Junior College Horticulture programs here in the state of California, we struggle for every penny. We are unfunded by the college and have to earn our budget through the selling of plants. The plants you’ve donated will greatly improve the level of education we can provide as it widens the plant materials which our students can

“The future of our agriculture economy is based on educational systems that provide a multitude of experiences that prepare the leaders of tomorrow. If we simply ignore the value of hard work and the pride of ownership that comes with having a productive project or work experience opportunity, we risk losing more than simply employees, we could be overlooking the talents that will help answer the emerging questions and challenges that our food industries continue to deal with

Irwin Burchell's motto “Plant good trees on good land. Take care of them and they will take care of you”  is the genesis of Burchell Nursery’s  ongoing philanthropic efforts locally, nationally and globally. For over 80 years the Burchell Nursery has been donating trees to various civic and charitable organizations. The donated trees are helping to sustain the communities where they have been planted providing nutritious food for those who are underserved with little or no ac

The children at Rancho Santa Marta  in the Baja California region of Mexico have been very blessed. This wonderful organization founded in 1980 provides a caring Christian home and school for at-risk and special needs children, youth and adults. The mission is to help them develop physically, emotionally, socially, spiritually and educationally. And Burchell Nursery  wanted to help. So what better way for a nursery to help kids grow than to help them learn to grow? Fruit tree

Extending an Olive Branch The Burchell Nursery's  Olive Twist Tree is made from two different plants that are twisted together as one. The idea for the twist came from our participation in an effort to bring two different peoples together. In December 2006, 164 olive trees were planted into the Iraqi soil of Camp Anaconda.  At the same time but over 7,600 miles away, another 164 olive plants from the same source were planted in California. These plants symbolize a link of pea