Harvesting the Urban Orchard DIVRS Harvesting the Urban Orchard | Page 28

HARVESTING THE URBAN ORCHARD
DIVRS
SECTION 4
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When eating the fruit think of
the person who planted the tree.
Vietnamese Proverb
It is helpful to consider the areas with the largest established gardens
(for example, older suburbs with large blocks) and scope community
gardens and accessible public trees (you will need to contact the council
to see who owns them and has rights to harvest from them).
Map areas for leafleting, scoping trees and, eventually, registering
trees. This will provide verification of the range and variety of the urban
orchard, which will be invaluable for funding applications and reporting
back to your community.
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Your local municipality is a logical starting point for practicality as much
as reducing the carbon footprint from tree to table. You might also
choose to position your place of operation in an area where there is
greatest need, or in a suburb that contains other charitable/community
groups with existing clients.