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Aug 28 - Edible Landscape Design & Maintenance: A Walking Tour
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Category: Field Trip
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Location:
Earthworks
493 Centre St
Boston
Massachusetts
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Starts: Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:00 AM
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Ends: Saturday, August 28, 2010 12:30 PM
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Posted by:
Erin Rowland
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Posted on: 7/15/2010
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Price: $20.00 ELA Member; $25 NonMember
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Join tour guide, Benjamin Crouch, for a walking tour of EarthWorks urban orchards in Jamaica Plain. Earthworks urban orchards are publicly accessible sites that grow fruit for community consumption (ranging from a handful to over 30 trees at a given site). The tour will begin at the Curley School in Jamaica Plain and will highlight five different sites (covering approximately 1 ½ miles). Each site will present a different application of edible landscaping. Sites include two schoolyards, a pastoral pocket park, a community garden, and an urban-wild park. The workshop is geared toward professionals and avid gardeners who would like to learn more about the various applications of fruit trees in the landscape. We will look at the ecological functions of the sites, design and planting choices, innovations in and challenges to maintenance, and get to sample some of the fruit, including both antique and modern cultivars of apples, pears, plums, and peaches.
Saturday, August 28 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Beginning at 493 Centre St Jamaica Plain, MA
More information and to register: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/events.html
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