Community Corner
Want to Grow Your Own Fruit? Compact Orchard Session at Wakefield Estate March 8
You
can become a backyard orchardist and grow your own fruit! Even in a small
backyard, you can enjoy fruit from your own trees with minimal effort and cost.
The Wakefield Estate’s step-by-step workshop, to
be held March 8 from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m., participants learn all they will need
to know to plan and create a compact orchard for years of enjoyment. No experience
necessary. Part of the workshop takes place outside in the orchard for a
pruning demonstration, so dress accordingly. Suggested donation $20. Space is
limited; pre-registration required. Register at http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu. For
more information, call the Wakefield Estate at 617-333-0924 or Arnold Arboretum
at 617-384-5277 during business hours. This event is co-sponsored by the
Arnold Arboretum. The Wakefield Estate is located at 1465 Brush Hill Road in
Milton.