(The title means ‘fruit-trees in Görli’….)
On Saturday 6th April I was in Berlin, and was lucky to be able to join a local fruit-tree planting session along with my daughter. Coming in late after all the preparation had been done, we got involved with planting,and with making the timber protection / supports for the trees.
Nine tall bare-rooted fruit trees were being established in nine big holes – the third annual planting in Görlitzer Park by the organisers: Transition Town Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg: http://www.transitiontown-friedrichshain-kreuzberg.de/so36/obstbaeume and at http://kiezwandler.de
Here’s their great vision:
‘Berlin 2030: climate-friendly, people-friendly, post-fossil fuels’
There were over sixty people there of all ages on a very cold day, and the whole setting felt like Tooting to me: doing something practical in a big urban public park in a very diverse neighbourhood, and with a very warm welcome. As in Tooting, you could sense a web of links to other city projects, funders, community groups…
Pictures by Belle tell the story:
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| 1 Setting up the wooden posts |
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| 2 Sledgehammering |
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| 3 Tree protection at ground level |
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| 4 Plenty of support |
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| 5 Delivering a bare-rooted apple tree |
Continuing the photos of a Berlin Transition group and friends fruit-tree planting on 6th April:
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| 6 Firming the new soil |
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| 7 Tying on hessian protection |
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| 8 Was this the correct tree for this hole? |
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| 9 Packets of Tooting seeds find a new home in Görli! |
TTT looks forward to keeping in touch with this great group in Berlin – lots of learning to share…and maybe some exchange visits? Danke! – Charles
