Show your support for local folks who take the long-term view of food
production.
Thursday (11/3) from 5-8 pm, join City Fruit, Northwest Cider Association, and Northwest Sustainability Collaborative for a night of cider tasting from some of the best hard cider makers in the region. For $20 you get 5 tastes. Get your ticket on-line or at the door at 314 First Ave. S. Every dollar goes toward helping feed hungry people in our community. To learn more and purchase tickets online: http://cityfruit.org/cidertaste.htm
And Saturday (11/5), from 10 am to 2 pm, in conjunction with Green Seattle Day, the Burke-Gilman Trail Urban Orchard Stewards will celebrate their one-year anniversary with a work party. Join them as they free apple trees from blackberry brambles and decades of neglect.
The apple trees are on the Burke-Gilman Trail near 7th Ave. NE, across the footbridge just east of I-5. Lend a gloved hand or simply marvel that these food producers manage to thrive in our urban forest. Sample a beautiful heritage apple grown on another Burke-Gilman public tree. Last year this Steward group adopted seven apple trees between I-5 and west of Gas Works Park.
The Urban Orchard Stewards program was developed by City Fruit, thanks to support from the Department of Natural Resources, Seattle Parks Department, and the Seattle Office of Sustainability. http://cityfruit.org/projects/parks.htm