Consider this the next take on urban farming: the food forest.
Seattle's Beacon Food Forest project is transforming a seven-acre lot in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood into a self-sustaining, edible public park.
The community group, with the help of donations and $120,000 in city funding, broke ground on the food forest last September. According to an article by Take Part, the park will be planted with hundreds of varieties of trees and plants, from walnut and chestnut trees to blueberry and raspberry bushes to apple and pear trees. Even herbs and exotic plants like guava and honeyberries will be available.
So who gets to pluck the harvest? Anyone who happens to wander into the park. And at no cost.
Here are some pictures of the park's "ground making" ceremony, courtesy of the Beacon Food Forest project:
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