[UrbanCropCircle] Fwd: City Fruit update - Feb 09

[Julia Field]

Hi crop-circlers -
Thought this would be of interest to some of you - to get on the  
mailing list directly, email Gail.


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Gail Savina <gailsavina at gmail.com>
> Date: February 25, 2009 1:46:44 PM PST
> To: gailsavina at gmail.com
> Subject: City Fruit update - Feb 09
>
>
>
> Hi all –
> Central Area pruning instructor Kate Faulkner brought this forced  
> apple blossom to last Sunday’s City Fruit pruning workshop – a  
> strong reminder that our dormant season is nearly over.
>
> City Fruit launch!  To celebrate spring and to cap off five months  
> of ‘dormant stage’ planning, City Fruit is gearing up for a formal  
> launch around Arbor Day, in April.  Look for more details in the  
> March update.
>
> Among the many people who have been working hard to get City Fruit  
> up and running, I’d like to call out the following:  James and  
> Glenn, Web site;  Veronica, logo design; Susan, treasurer;  Nancy,  
> grant research and writing;  Hazel, communications/ development;  
> Lily, Good Shepherd demo orchard;  Diana, Don, John, Lonnie, Carol,  
> Jennifer, and Kate,  pruning workshops. All of these volunteers are  
> motivated by their commitment to fruit as a community resource.   
> Thank you!
>
> Get involved.  Would you like to get involved?  Let us know what  
> aspect of city fruit you’re interested in (send an email to gailsavina at gmail.com 
>  ) and we’ll figure out how to make connections. For example, we  
> would love to help you organize programs on fruit topics –  
> grafting?  best trees? general care of fruit trees? – in your own  
> neighborhood. Let us know your interests, and we can help you get  
> something set up.
>
> If you would like to help in the development of City Fruit as an  
> organization, we could use some legal/accounting expertise in  
> applying for our 501c(3) status, some database expertise, and some  
> energy and event planning help.  Again, email gailsavina at gmail.com .
>
> Finally, stories and photos about city fruit are always welcome.   
> (We’re going to have a Web site soon!)
>
> Fruit news
> Seattle Fruit Tree Society Spring Fair, March 15, Center for Urban  
> Horticulture. 10 am – 4 pm.  Focus on grafting, scions, root stock  
> and talks.
>
> Tree mapping.  Map a fruit tree near a bus stop from your cell  
> phone!??   Students from the U-W “i-School” have adopted City Fruit  
> as their client in a mobile project to map urban edibles, including  
> fruit.
>
> Pruning workshops.  More than 30 people in the Rainier Valley, New  
> Holly and the Central Area. participated in two-hour pruning  
> ‘conversations’ with five wonderful pruning instructors.  Bottom  
> line: pruning is a science and an art: you probably won’t do it the  
> same as your neighbor does, and that’s okay.
>
> Jam rules!: The Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle has a grant  
> to research what’s involved with making jam to sell – regulations,  
> kitchens, supplies, and finances. The report will be published on  
> gleanit.org .
>
> You are receiving this email because you are interested in city  
> fruit – and in “City Fruit.”  Our motto is:  Grow it.  Pick it.  Use  
> it.  If you would prefer not to be on the distribution list, let me  
> know.
>
> Take care,
> Gail (Savina)
>




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