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Here at the Baltimore Orchard Project, we are always looking for new ways to connect with funky fruit. One of our favorite fruits is the serviceberry. Serviceberries are common landscaping trees in Baltimore. While they are not a popular fruit, their flavor is somewhere between a blueberries and strawberries, with...

WyMADNESS

02 Jun 2017

Harvest

In preparation for Mulberry Madness, the BOP team visited Wyman Park to scout out some, well, mulberry trees. The first white mulberry we encountered didn’t have much ripe fruit to yield (the wind seemed to have beaten us to it), but, nonetheless, it was exciting for me, someone who’s never...

Forgotten Fruit: A Brief History of Mulberries in the United States

25 May 2017

Engagement, Fruits of the Past, Harvest

The Baltimore Orchard Project has a special affinity for mulberry trees. In 2014, we launched the Mulberry Madness campaign to raise awareness of this delicious food, its nutritional value, and its history. While the tree produces delicious and versatile fruit early every summer, most people in the United States see...

Urban Greening Uplift- Fruit Tree Fair ’17

04 May 2017

Education, Engagement

Note: This post was written by Ted Martello at TreeBaltimore. They’re planning more tree giveaways this year, head on over to their website to check out the schedule! Did you go to the Fruit Tree Fair this year? Maybe you’re smiling over that Beach Plum you took home from FTF...

Orchard Stewards Program: Pests and Diseases with Josh Rosenstein

21 Apr 2017

Education, Orchard Stewards

Our good friend Josh Rosenstein of Edible Eden schooled the Orchard Stewards on pests and diseases that are common in orchards. We get questions on pests and diseases at least once a week, and a big part of ID-ing something that is attacking your vulnerable trees is being an Observant...

Creating Ugly Dolls for the Orchard

31 Mar 2017

Youth Education

How can they something be so ugly and cute at the same time?! Reginald F. Lewis High school’s Orchard Club finished up their Ugly Creatures project. The combination of thread, felt, and buttons yield some very FUNKY, but adorable orchard creatures. The Ugly Creatures project was paired with a lesson...

Orchard Stewards Program: Art in the Orchard

17 Mar 2017

Art, Engagement, Orchard Stewards

Our Artist-in-Residence, Kelley, taught our Orchard Stewards about bringing art into their orchards. Art is worthy in itself, and also provides practical benefits for orchards. Pom Poms not only provide material for birds and show which trees are fruit trees, they also represent community with one thread tying multiple threads...

Mushroom Inoculation Workshop 2-24

03 Mar 2017

Education, Engagement

On Friday February 24th, BOP partnered with Real Food Farm to host our first mushroom inoculation workshop. Twenty-one attendees helped us to inoculate sixty logs with enough spawn to produce several hundred pounds of mushrooms over the course of the life-cycle of the logs. Earlier in the month, we went...

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