The Food Forest

The Archive's Food Forest consists of about half an acre of fruits, nuts, &c. that people can eat.

Planting of the Food Forest will be on Saturday, October 15 from 9:00 am until. . . Come out and enjoy the fun! Hot dogs and veggie burgers will be served, along with soft drinks.

Members of the community who would like to donate plants, or the money to buy them, are greatly appreciated.


Plant No. Needed Possible Source Cost Donated By
Serviceberry
(Amelanchier canadensis)
1 Cure Nursery $15
American Beautyberry
(Callicarpa americana)
3
Thicket Cherry, aka Chokecherry
(Prunus virginiana)
12
American Plum
(Prunus americana)
2
Fox Grapes
(Vitis labrusca)
9 Ison's Nursery & Vineyard
Scuppernong Grapes
(Vitis rotundifolia)
9 Ison's Nursery & Vineyard $14.95 each
Black Locust
(Robinia pseudoacacia)
2
Red Mulberry
(Morus rubra)
1 Field to Cottage Nursery $12
Blackberry
(Rubus argutus)
5
Black Raspberry
(Rubus occidentalis)
6
Highbush Blueberry
(Vaccinium corymbosum)
5 Field to Cottage Nursery $14 each
Wine Cap Mushrooms
(Stropharia rugosoannulata)
4 bags North Spore $25/bag George McDowell
Viburnum
(Viburnum prunifolium)
3 Field to Cottage Nursery $12 each
American Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
1 $12