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Urban Orchard Slips Back into the Ground

Images by B. Alter We first visited the Union Street Urban Orchard when it opened, back at the end of June. It is an orchard of 85 fruit trees and more, created on an abandoned site in the east end of London. It’s a community project, with volunteers helping to build and plant a pop-up garden. And now, with the coming of autumn, the orchard is set to be dismantled and every part recycled. The fruit trees will go to a public housing development and the individual plants will go to the Wayward Plant Registry , which is a … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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An Urban Orchard Appears in London

Images by B. Alter : Ping Pong on a Skip The Union Street Urban Orchard is just that: an orchard of 85 fruit trees and more, created on an abandoned site in the east end of London. It’s a community project, with volunteers helping to build and plant. Part of the London Festival of Architecture , it’s a wonderful example of bringing urban spaces alive and bringing back nature to the inner city. Included in the orchard is a zero-carbon pod and the world’s first (?) pin… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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