Public fruit on street or in park

seawoman

What do You think about idea of :

- public fruit park

- public vegetable/fruit land for community

I think that great idea. You walking on the park, and can eat something directly from tres

There is few park like this, i give You some example :

1)
FRUIT & SPICE PARK
24801 S.W. 187th Avenue 
Homestead, Florida 33031




2)Grand Opening On Saturday, January 5, 2013 At Del Aire Park
Del Aire residents planted 27 fruit trees, eight grape vines, more than 60 trees were given away to neighbors. Once the trees bear fruit, all park visitors will be encouraged to pick from the new edible landscape at harvest time. Within three years, the trees are expected to be completely sustainable and drought tolerant.
















More info:
[HTML]http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201301111630/e[/HTML]

3. Park chill orchard

http://kck.st/S7V6zB

Vego

council will probably hit it with massive rates then spunk it on a 5.1 million quinn building

Access

Its not a totally mad idea... might not get very far trying to grow mangos in Meath though! We could maybe stick to apples though.

But i think you would have a very big job on your hands trying to convince Meath county council to do anything like this.

Very nice idea though.

Sgt Pepper 64

Thats a great idea.
Theres far too many GAA pitches out there so we could dig up a few of those.
As its Ireland, why not do spuds instead?

bladespin

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Thats a great idea.
Theres far too many GAA pitches out there so we could dig up a few of those.

They're private property, this would have to be public, though I'm sure if the council offered them twice the going rate they'd consider letting the land go.

Schnitzel Muncher

You'd have to wash anything you pick before eating, for health and safety reasons.

bladespin

Schnitzel Muncher wrote: »

You'd have to wash anything you pick before eating, for health and safety reasons.

They say the same thing about fruit bought in shops, we've never ever done that and are all still here :rolleyes:

Schnitzel Muncher

bladespin wrote: »

They say the same thing about fruit bought in shops, we've never ever done that and are all still here :rolleyes:

They'd be a bit stricter here though, there would be inspectors and all sorts to ensure compliance. Probably a levy to pay for the service.

bladespin

Schnitzel Muncher wrote: »

They'd be a bit stricter here though, there would be inspectors and all sorts to ensure compliance. Probably a levy to pay for the service.

Stricter than L.A.? Really? I'd doubt that very much, it's a personal choice to eat or not in the end, what would they be able to levy? Entrance to the open field or public park?

maco12

while its a good idea..im sure some bright spark would incorporate growing their own "grass"