check out this public fruit tree planting project in western mass! (Northampton: buying, salvaged)

[help yourself!]

Dear friends, strangers, humans, allies of the plant world, members of the various gardening, local food and permacuture communities...

Please support the Northampton MA based group ' HelpYourself' and their efforts to plant dozens of fruit trees and install veggie and herb gardens in public places around town this Fall! The money we raise will be primarily for plants, ordered from local nurseries, as well as printing signs, buying salvaged lumber, compost, gardening tools, and doing soil tests.

THE KICKSTARTER PAGE: [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/290256474/helpyourself-public-gardens-and-fruit-trees-in-nor]HelpYourself! Public Gardens & Fruit Trees in Northampton by Help Yourself! — Kickstarter[/url]
HELP YOURSELF WEBSITE: [url=http://www.helpyourselfnoho.tk]common green - Help Yourself![/url]

This project will...
create an edible, delicious and nutritious public landscape bursting with free food
build and remediate tired city soil
increase biodiversity and pollinator habitat
create community through design, maintenance, and harvest
work with local youth and elders throughout the process
and educate and empower folks along the way!

Beyond transforming our common spaces, we're hoping to start discussions about local food and economies. Having dozens of demonstration forest gardens around town will bring awareness, energy and enthusiasm about permaculture, community gardens and food systems out of folk's private backyards, and into the spaces we share. It will also showcase and popularize many common guilds and remediation methods that are applicable to common urban and suburban settings.

Thanks for your support! Please forward this widely!

Sincerely,
The folks @ Help Yourself!