Fruit Boom

On Monday we told you about all the volunteer and internship options at Seattle Tilth, figuring we’d get you in the mood for the impending Spring. Continuing that theme, we bring you a series of classes on improving your gardening acumen. Barb writes:

Would you like your fruit trees to produce more fruit? Do you wonder what’s all the buzz about mason bees? Think it’s time for your fruit trees to join a fruit tree guild?

City Fruit, the city-wide organization to promote care of urban fruit trees, is offering many classes on fruit tree-related topics, many at the nearby Phinney Neighborhood Center. One class, “Permaculture and Orchards,” is taught by two permaculture professionals and members of Wallingford’s own Burke-Gilman Trail Fruit Tree Stewards, Jenny Pell and Jacqueline Cramer. Learn all about “fruit tree guilds” and establish an attractive and effective micro-eco-climate beneath your fruit tree.

All classes are $15 for City Fruit members, $20 for non-members. To more information about the classes and to register, go to the City Fruit classes site. For more information about the Burke-Gilman Trail Fruit Tree Stewards, contact Barb Burrill at  [email protected]