THE PEOPLE’S ORCHARD - vOLUNTEER fOOD fOREST
We have been planting hundreds of food bearing trees and shrubs (pear, plum, peach, honeyberry, currants, elderberry, raspberry) in the Intervale to:
Provide fresh fruit and produce for community members
Distribute for free through our free, CSA-style, produce pick up: Fair Share.
Advance agroforestry practices by exploring the viability of these crops for commercial use
Provide research and educational opportunities
We need volunteers to plant, steward and harvest for years to come! Please sign up for harvests and more. Questions? Email duncan@intervale.org
Expanding The people’s OrcHard
Work day
Thursday, April 30 | 9-12
Peaches, pears, honeyberries, oh my!
Come help us plant the People's Orchard extension as we establish an alley cropping system.
The People’s Orchard, the Intervale Center’s food forest for the community, is undergoing a more than half-acre western expansion using an alley cropping system design. Imagine rows of fruit trees with vegetables such as kale, carrots, and potatoes growing in the alleys between them. This dynamic system will evolve over time as the trees mature, creating a changing interplay between annual and perennial crops. The design anticipates these changes, and the stewardship team intends to learn and educate along the way as we experiment with growing annuals and fruit trees side by side in the People’s Orchard.