Istanbul's free public orchard has ancient roots
by editors@theworld.org (Durrie Bouscaren) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6ZM0T)
From the first green plums of spring to late summer pomegranates, a seven-acre public fruit garden in Istanbul, Turkey, allows visitors to pick their own produce. The project is part of a growing global trend to plant fruit trees in public spaces for everyone to enjoy. But it's not an entirely new practice. Centuries ago, most humans probably had a "food forest" right next door. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports.