Category: Gardening
Not a Fairytale: America’s First Public Food Forest
Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is going forward. A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and lingonberries; herbs; and more. All will be available for public plucking to anyone who wanders into the city’s first food forest.
Planning laws ‘will hit allotments’ (UK)
The Government’s planning reforms could put the “grow your own” boom at risk by putting the squeeze on suitable land for allotments, the National Trust has warned.
