Launched in the spring of 2020, as an initiative to provide organic food and enrichment for the chimps, we planted and harvested the very first crops in our own farmland on campus! The main garden grows dietary staples like leafy greens and root vegetables. We hope to plant fruit and nut trees to establish an orchard in the future. Click here for a list of fruit trees we are seeking.

In addition to Project Harvest, we maintain several browse gardens, herb boxes, and an apiary to support the chimps' dietary needs. 

Produce and herbs help supplement our chimps' regular diets, while the browse garden’s river cane and sour wood provide yummy treats. Learn how you too can grow browse to donate to the chimps!

We use Integrated Pest Management techniques in keeping the garden pesticide-free. Gardens are surrounded by insectary plantings that attract beneficial insects like ladybugs, hover flies, predatory wasps and others. Owl boxes were installed by an Eagle Scout throughout the facility to encourage natural rodent predators to take up residence.

You can visit Project Harvest and see what's growing when you hike the Yellow or White trails.