# @denverjewishdayschool on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-19T00:30:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Denver Jewish Day School (@denverjewishdayschool) — https://gondola.cc/denverjewishdayschool

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The DJDS Fruit Orchard 🌳

Maybe you were visiting the goats or chickens at the Farmette, and noticed recent upgrades to our fruit orchard. That space has taken shape since it began over a decade ago.

In the Spring of 2012, Denver Jewish Day School entered into a competition to win an apple orchard from the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation. That summer, DJDS was notified that they had received enough votes to win the orchard, and apple trees were planted that Fall by parents and students. The orchard thrived under the expert care of Bob and Rachael (z’l) Goldman. More varieties of fruit trees were added and continue to bear fruit each year, to the delight of school families.

Recently, community philanthropist Michael Staenberg commissioned some fruit-shaped art sculptures: an apple, a pear, and a cherry. Longtime DJDS parent Dan Brooks helped add more trees. This September, under the consultation of DJDS Board member/Pre-K parent/horticulture enthusiast, Joshua Rubenstein, Stuart Bombel spearheaded a new upgrade of the Orchard, adding nearly 30 fruit and non-fruit bearing trees, some wind-reducing fencing, and new sod.

“So many people helped shape that orchard over the years, and I was thrilled to be able to make it shine just a little bit more”, commented Bombel after the work had been done. “Stuart’s and Michael’s additions to the orchard have turned it into a beautiful area of our campus that people will want to visit and hang out on”, said Head of School/CEO Avi Halzel. 

The Farmette was already a favorite spot on campus, but now the beauty and tranquility of the fruit orchard across the road adds to the allure. Come visit the DJDS fruit orchard!

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