Students and community partners plant a new orchard in Vancouver Park
Photo by Michael Levenston.
A fruit tree planting ceremony, led by the Vancouver Park Board with local schools and the Renfrew Collingwood Food Security Institute as partners, took place in East Vancouver on November 8, 2010
Falaise Park
November 10, 2010
2 pm – 3 pm
“Twenty-five fruit trees—apple, cherry, plum, pear and peach—will provide an opportunity for the development of community stewardship programs,” says Vancouver Park Board Chair Aaron Jasper. “Students enrolled at Vancouver Christian School, Renfrew Elementary School and Windermere High School will help plant the trees, which will become an educational tool for ecology programming.”
The project supports the City of Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Team’s recommendation to plant 150,000 trees by 2020, as well as the Park Board’s commitment to sustainable practices in urban agriculture.
Photo by Michael Levenston.
Falaise Park was selected as a site for the orchard because it offers good sun exposure and air circulation. Local partners are involved on the project. The Christian School has offered to take stewardship of the fruit trees and use them as an educational tool. Renfrew Collingwood Food Security Institute will bring educational opportunities and relevant food skills workshops (such as canning, fruit drying, and tree care) when the trees begin to bear.
Photo by Michael Levenston.
A bug garden, designed by horticulture students from Kwantlen Polytechnic University to control pests and pollinate trees, will be installed in the orchard next spring.
Photo by Michael Levenston.
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This is great! How can we get more orchards planted in more parks around the city? It would be amazing for pedestrians to be able to just pick some fruit as they go for a walk.
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