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NEWS
We’re in the midst of planning for 2012. We’ve developed a streamlined work party schedule, listed below. We’re also looking for individuals who would be willing to participate in the Friends of Piper’s Orchard steering committee meetings. If you’re interested, please send an email to pipersorchard@gmail.com. We generally meet monthly on the last Wednesday of the month from 6:30pm – 8:00pm in the Green Bean Coffeehouse in Greenwood.
P.S. We’re on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/index.php?#!/pages/Friends-of-Pipers-Orchard/137312281786
SCHEDULE
In 2012 Friends of Piper’s Orchard steering committee meetings will generally be held the last Wednesday of each month from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Interested parties are encouraged to attend. Due to the holiday timeframe in December, the first 2012 meeting will be held on January 4th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at the Green Bean Coffeehouse, 8533 Greenwood Avenue North.
2012 work parties are scheduled for the following Saturdays from noon to 3:00pm:
February 11th – Pruning (getting our work cut out for us)
April 14th – Weed and feed (fertilizer)
June 9th – Bare Footies in the Park (protecting apples with foot sox)
August 11th – Sucker Punch (summer pruning)
And last, but not least – Festival of Fruit VI – September 15th
Click here or on the side bar for work party posts.
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. There’s also a new trail leading down from the park entrance (near the Environmental Learning Center). 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.
TO-DOs:
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.
For more information about Piper’s orchard and activities directly related to us, you can email us at pipersorchard@gmail.com.
