The Ecological Landscaping Association will sponsor Edible Landscape Design & Maintenance, A Walking Tour, on Saturday, August 28, from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, beginning at 493 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. 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 JP and will highlight five different sites, covering approximately 1 1/2 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. You 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. Registrations are limited. For more information, call 617-436-5838, or email ela.info@comcast.net.
