Researching Public Orchard projects is not that straightforward after all. Before submitting my proposal for a public orchard in Lisbon, I had searched some projects online and thought it would be relatively easy to find material. But in fact most projects that I found online have pictures of orchards and show activities, some even have stats of amounts harvested and so on, but not much about there story, how did they begun?, why?, which were their motivations, difficulties, problems encountered?, how did they turn around legislative issues, if those arose, how did they managed to bring people in?, and other issues that could help out someone who is beginning an Orchard project.
So I've decided to share the whole process of 'Pick Your (city) Fruits', how has it started; how it's developing; major problems we've faced... and, with that, I hope that anyone who is starting out can learn what not to do (!), what to avoid, and hopefully be somehow inspired to start planting fruit trees out there!
So I've decided to share the whole process of 'Pick Your (city) Fruits', how has it started; how it's developing; major problems we've faced... and, with that, I hope that anyone who is starting out can learn what not to do (!), what to avoid, and hopefully be somehow inspired to start planting fruit trees out there!