Schedule / News
NEWS
Check out the Work party logs for pictures from February 20 where Gil taught a pruning workshop. Bonus, a picture of the new bat house!
Our President Bob Baines was on KUOW’s Weekday program with Steve Scher on Tuesday, February 4th. He shared his experience and advice, along with valuable information about Piper’s Orchard. You can check out the program at http://kuow.org/program.php?id=19313.
WORK PARTIES
The orchard needs caretakers and all are welcome!
Work parties are most third Saturdays from noon – 3:00 pm. Please bring gloves, sturdy work shoes and drinking water.
DIRECTIONS
Piper’s Orchard in Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA, a historic fruit orchard, may be reached from Carkeek Park’s lower meadow parking lot ( Seattle Park’s directions to Carkeek here ), by walking up along Piper’s Creek. An alternative way to reach the orchard is by following the ravine from the park’s small southerly McAbee entrance. The McAbee parking lot and trailhead are behind the QFC from Holman Road, off of NW 100th Pl. at 6th Ave. NW.
TODOs:
See an online article about Paul Donaldson, the orchard written prior to our festival in the Ballard News-Tribune. Allison Esperitu conducted the interview and wrote a longer article that appeared in the September 9, 2009 print version of the paper. We hope to include it here later.
Play “spot the orchard” with this google map flagging the McAbee Entrance: open the link then zoom in and follow from the small parking lot down into the ravine and around by Piper’s Creek to spy the fruit and nut trees laid out in a grid.
