Images by B. Alter

We first visited the Union Street Urban Orchard when it opened, back at the end of June. It is an orchard of 85 fruit trees and more, created on an abandoned site in the east end of London. It’s a community project, with volunteers helping to build and plant a pop-up garden.

And now, with the coming of autumn, the orchard is set to be dismantled and every part recycled. The fruit trees will go to a public housing development and the individual plants will go to the Wayward Plant Registry, which is a … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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