We did it! City Orchard is now a reality!
As the weekend concluded, we wiped the sweat off our brows and surveyed with satisfaction the fruits of our labor. What was once an empty field is now home to 1,000 young apple, Asian pear, and persimmon trees along with blueberry and blackberry bushes — all of which will help nourish the District’s poor for years to come.
Board President Paul Taskier Getting to Work.
Another round of applause and thanks to Casey Trees and UDC for their knowledge and land that made City Orchard possible. We’d also like to thank the dozens of volunteers who helped us plant this weekend, especially our friends at the Washington Hebrew Congregation, ICF International, Avalere Health, Sutherland, WilmerHale, Gilt City, Kilpatrick Townsend, and Dickstein Shapiro. We hope you all had a nice nap after your labor. We certainly did.
You too can get involved with City Orchard by adopting a tree today. Just $35 covers the maintenance costs for one tree for one year. Please give today!
We also invite you to celebrate City Orchard, as well as Bread’s rooftop gardens, farmers markets, and gleaning efforts at an Earth Day Happy Hour. Join us Monday, April 23rd from 5pm-7pm at our Northwest Center Rooftop Garden (1525 7th Street) for some food and drink and communing with Mother Nature. (Our Mother Nature is Jeffrey Wankel. We’re an open minded people.) Earth Day Happy Hour is totally free and open to the public– we just need you to RSVP by sending Emily an email by April 20th. Eschneider@BreadfortheCity.org.
You should also check out our orchard photos. They’re so great!
Go Earth!
