Bloomington, Indiana’s budding community orchard boosted by $20,000 award

$20,000 From Tom’s of Maine

By Bertrand Teo
Indiana Economic Digest
Herald-Times
Sept. 26, 2010

A $20,000 gift will help turn Bloomington’s budding community orchard into a “dream,” organizers say.

Right now heaps of compost and diggings greet visitors at the site of the orchard situated across South Highland Avenue from the Winslow Sports Park. An unfinished gravel walkway has been laid out, and orange spray paint and other markings delineating a orchard layout.

But Amy Countryman, treasurer of the Bloomington Community Orchard said the money will change all that.

The orchard will contribute to Bloomington’s food security, inspire joyful community engagement, and educate citizens while making sustainability delicious. The City of Bloomington has offered support and a spacious site adjacent to our largest and oldest community garden, Winslow Woods Park, and the YMCA.

See their website here.