October 1st
Thursday – great morning picking apples in Phibsboro — thanks to Anne and Barry!Team: Kintilla, Patricia, Eugene, Bernie — two trees, done in no time! 
Many thanks to An Síol, our charity of the day, who collected all the fruit
September 30th
Skerries today, thanks to Thomas and Celine – a great crop of apples for local charities. The harvesting team of Claire, Ed, Paul, Bernie enjoyed the open space, the contact with nature and picking apples. Huge thanks to Paul and Ed for delivering to three charities in Balbriggan – Meals on Wheels, North Dublin Community Care Services, Community Child Care.
Huge thanks to all involved 
September 29th
A great harvesting event in Collon, Co. Louth, today thanks to our donors Jennifer and family. Our sole helper, Dermot, did all the picking, sorting, packing and delivering – huge thanks to him. Delivery was to our charity contact, Maria. in Drogheda who will share with other charities in Drogheda.
Huge thanks to all involved 
September 28th
A fabulous Monday moring picking apples in glorious sunshine in Rathgar, D6 thanks to our kind donor Aisling O’Reilly The four fruitists, Deirdre, Kintilla, Mary, Bernie, had fun picking and filled five crates of amazing large cooking apples. Thanks to Deirdre and Mary who delivered them to SVP Donnybrook and to Rosemount Family Resource Centre in Dundrum.
Huge thanks to all involved
September 22nd
A heartwarming day today! A team of three wonderful women, Deirdre, Josephine and Kathleen, picked delicious cooking apples in Sandyford., thanks to our donor Alan Tubbert. Deliveries were made to local charities.
Deirdre and Martin in Rathgar donated two crates of cooking apples, which they picked themselves. Mary and Brian in Palmerstown picked their crop of pears for charity. Three crates of freshly picked fruit was then picked up by the kindest driver helper, Matthew, who delivered them to Feed Kildare in Celbridge.
And more! Ger in Churchtown offered her delicious sweet crab apples, picked them and shared them with a crab apple jelly enthusiast, Mary, who will work with them in school with young children. A connection was made and fruit was shared
Very unfortunately, due to our very limited volunteer capacity, we cannot facilitate fruit sharing for individuals. We are very sorry about this. If you are looking for fresh, surplus fruit in your area, we recommend checking out your local community Facebook groups or using the OLIO app, where individuals often share extra garden produce directly with neighbours.
September 14th
Today Marcella in Finglas offered her Granny Smith apples for charity. We are very grateful to former Lord Mayor of Dublin @Caroline Conroy who collected the apples from Marcella and delivered them to a good cause. Huge thanks to all
September 10th
Our Co. Offaly operative, Sean Hynes has been busy harvesting fruit in his area. We are grateful to the donors and especially to Sean who does all the work!
September 9th
Ballinteer Apples today, thanks to two families –
1. Mary C.
2. Ramji and Kalaivani,
both in Ballinteer.
Our team of Deirdre, Eugene, Kathleen, Anne, Bernie, picked, packed and delivered tasty eating apples to Dundrum Family Resource Centre, Dublin Simon and Grafton Street Kitchen’s
Most special thanks to all involved
September 8th
Juicy Tuesday apples, thanks to Fran in Dun Laoghaire for an amazing crop of large cooking apples! Our team of Mary O, Mary Q and Bernie did the job in jig time! Huge gratitude to both Marys who took care of delivery as well – SVP Donnybrook and Sue Ryder Nursing Home.
Another wonderful event
September 5th
Wonderful Falling Fruit work carried out recently by Sean in Co. Offaly and Carmen in Co. Wexford. Our Offaly Orchardist, Sean Hynes, picked another batch of apples for charity in his local area. Carmen Sanchez gathered some helpers and traveled to Wexford town area to harvest the apples donated by Pat Ganly. The apples are being preserved and can be shared with charities or other good causes.
We are hugely grateful to all involved
September 4th
Thursday Fruit Harvest SuccessWe had a wonderful day saving delicious eating apples from going to waste, all thanks to a great team effort! A heartfelt thank you to our kind donor, Ann, in County Westmeath, who generously offered the beautiful fruit from her tree. Together with fantastic volunteers, Claire and Rose, we managed to harvest crates of perfectly ripe, delicious apples. A special shoutout goes to the amazing Claire, who drove all the way out from Dublin to make sure this fruit didn’t go to waste! Not only did she help harvesting, but she also took care of many deliveries to ensure the harvest went exactly where it was needed most. Thanks to her and to Rose, the fruit has been safely delivered to:
Kells Family Resource Center, thanks to RoseMoat – for animals, thanks to RoseTrim Family Resource Center for the food bank, thanks to ClaireMorning Star Hostel in Dublin 7, thanks to ClaireRegina Coeli Hostel in Dublin 7, thanks to Claire Back into Daylight Animal Sanctuary, who will receive apples (on Saturday) from today’s harvest, thanks to Claire and to Jenny, a volunteer at the sanctuary
We are so profoundly grateful to everyone who came together today to make this event a massive success. Community spirit at its absolute best!
September 3rd
Today’s Harvest! A day in Foxrock today, where we were warmly hosted by a lovely family who donated the apples and pears from their trees
Huge gratitude to our amazing team — Mary ‘O, Sue, and Mary Q — who worked hard in the unexpectedly warm sunshine to pick and save the fruit from going to waste
Special thanks in addition to Mary Q and Sue for delivering the fresh harvest to two local charities. And thanks to Sue too, who also dropped off the fruit that didn’t meet charity food standards to a local person who was delighted to make full use of it — zero waste, all appreciated! 
September 2nd
Today, we visited Co. Wicklow for a special apple-picking session. A huge thank you to our generous donor, Phil, for welcoming us into his lovely garden. For two hours, we picked delicious eating apples!We are incredibly grateful to the wonderful women—Patricia, Mary, Kintilla, Deirdre—who traveled the distance from Dublin today to make this happen. Your hard work is so appreciated! 
Today’s fresh harvest has already been delivered to:Dundrum Family Resource Centre to support local families 
St. Conleth’s College, Ballsbridge, following a special request from their Green School Committee!
Thank you to everyone involved in rescuing food and supporting the community today!
August 31st
Another good harvesting day, saving fruit from going to waste. First stop way Rathgar where our donors, Deirdre and Martin, picked and bagged some tasty plums. Second stop was Rathfarnham where our longest serving donor, Richard, once again kindly gave us access to a wonderful crop of cooking apples. Our amazing helpers, Helen, Deirdre and Bernie, picked the apples – 50 kilos approximately. The fruit was then delivered to Dundrum Family Resource Centre and SVP in Donnybrook. Some fruits that aren’t quite standard enough for our regular charity donations are shared with volunteers, elderly and keen bakers who can put them to good use. We delivered fruit to Mary and to Michael.
Huge thanks to Helen and Deirdre for taking care of the deliveries
August 28th
Our Earnest Orchardist in Offaly, Sean Hynes, has been busy – several picking events and many kilos of fresh fruit for our local charity partners. Huge thanks to Sean for his work to prevent food waste and to support food charities
August 27th
This morning, apple-harvesting in Ballsbridge. Despite unexpected heavy rain, we successfully gathered approximately 20 kilograms of high-quality cooking apples.
A heartfelt thank-you goes out to our wonderful volunteers, Patricia and Celeste. They braved the rain and, unfortunately, got soaked while saving the fruit. Their resilience and dedication to preventing food waste truly saved the day.
We are grateful to Alison, who generously offered the delicious cooking apples. The 20kg harvest has been delivered to the SVP Centre in Donnybrook. Special thanks again to Patricia, who went above and beyond by taking care of the transport and delivery directly after the harvest.
Thank you to everyone involved for making this wet but rewarding morning a success
August 25th
Community action at its finest in Dublin this morning!A tree that Orlaith Tunney had been keeping an eye on finally led to 25kg of fresh fruit delivered straight to local charities today, all thanks to a beautiful chain of kindness.
Here is how today’s harvest came together:
Having spotted this loaded apple tree many times from a nearby community garden, Orlaith went out of her way to drop a note about Falling Fruit through the door. 
Occupant Marcelina Horlescu found the note, phoned Bernie, and generously opened up the garden to our pickers. She had beautifully cleared the space for the work.
Volunteers Eugene and Bernie teamed up to pick 25 kilos of apples! Eugene delivered the fresh fruit to KARE Social Services in Raheny and to St. Anne’s City Farm.
A huge thank you to Orlaith for her persistence, Marcelina for her generosity, and our tireless volunteers Eugene and Bernie.
This is what community is all about!
August 24th
A magical morning in Foxrock picking these amazing apples. Huge thanks to donor Dympna and our amazing helpers Bridget, Deirdre, Sue and Bernie. Delivered to Shankill Daycare Centre, Balally Family Resource Centre and the Anne Sullivan Centre by Deirdre, Bridget and Sue.
Huge thanks to all involved
August 18th
Big thanks to Sean Hynes from our Falling Fruit Offaly branch! Sean has been hard at work sourcing surplus fruit around Tullamore and harvesting it to support Clara SVP. A massive thank you to Sean for his time, and to the generous local tree donor for making this donation possible.
Together, we are keeping fresh food in the community!
August 18th
An earlier donation – special Mirabelleplums. Annette in Donnycarney offered several boxes of plums. Falling Fruit found a charity for them and Annette kindly picked and delivered them to St. Grabriel’s Meals in Wheels in Clontarf – a distance of 2.9 km.
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August 17th
Apples for the animals at Dublin City Farm today thanks to our kind donor, Fran in Fairview!
Huge thanks to Theresa who delivered them
August 10th
First apple pick of the season today! Exciting! Two apple picks in fact. Doreen in Donaghmede offered her delicious ripe red eating apples, Theresa and Bernie picked approximately 25 kilos of apples and a small amount of plums. Most of the apples were delivered to KARE Social Services in Clontarf – local fruit, local charity. Plums will be put to good use in jams. Windfalls went to Dublin City Farm in St. Annes Park.
Fidelma in Phibsboro, a repeat donor, picked four boxes of cooking apples & delivered them to the Crosscare Cafe in Dublin 1.
Huge thanks to all involved
