
Fruit trees everywhere! Wouldnt that be nice. Well, a bunch of people and organizations are working to make that happen. Theyve formed the Boston Tree Party, a little more productive than the modern-day Tea Party nightmare we have in Congress and in state and local governments.
I love this intro to the party and its purpose from Lisa Gross of Civil Eats (both in text and video she recently spoke at a TEDx conference about this):
Imagine our cities filled with fruit trees and I don’t mean fruit trees planted by the side of the road dropping fruit on your car once they’re overripe. I mean fruit trees planted in civic spaces—schools, hospitals, parks, businesses, houses of worship, and more.
Imagine communities coming together to care for their trees, to harvest and share their fruit. These t


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