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Sip Cider and Dance

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Join the Burke-Gilman Trail Urban Orchard Stewards on Sunday from noon to 3 pm at their 2nd Annual Cider Pressing event. The Orchard Stewards take care of 23 public fruit trees on the Trail between the University Bridge and just west of Gasworks Park.

The one pear and 22 apple trees are thriving after many work parties this past year. In snow, rain, and even sun, volunteers removed blackberries, Scotch Broom, cherry laurel and English Ivy, spread wood chips and Zoo Doo Bedspread, pruned, thinned, and watered. This year nearly all of the cider apples were harvested from trees on the Burke-Gilman Trail.  (Actual photo of one of our trees last month.)

During the event, Community Fruit Tree Harvest folks from Lettuce Link will also be on hand to answer questions about their backyard fruit harvest program.

But can you have a harvest celebration without dance? Nay, Wallingford’s own Sound & Fury Morris and Sword will get the party started. Here’s your chance to turn a crank and cut a rug!

So stroll, ride, or skate this Sunday to the Seattle Parks tents on the Burke-Gilman Trail, just west of I-5, south of the intersection of NE Pacific Street and lower NE 40th Street.

Like the Stewards on Facebook: facebook.com/BurkeGilmanTrailUrbanOrchardStewards

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Barb has lived in south Wallingford since 1992. She's a lady with a lopper as volunteer lead of the Burke-Gilman Trail Urban Orchard Stewards, a group that cares for public fruit trees along the Burke-Gilman Trail between Eastern and where Pacific becomes N 34th. In February 2020 Barb founded the current Friends of Meridian Playground which cares for the fruit trees and grounds of the park and holds weekly volunteer work parties on Wednesday noonish. Friday mornings she joins the Tilth Alliance volunteers to manage the care of the fruit trees at the Good Shepherd learning garden. Barb worked for nonprofit City Fruit for 9 years and still partners with them to teach neighbors to grow good fruit locally. Barb is also accumulating records and photos about the Good Shepherd property for eventual publication online.

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  1. Barb October 17, 2012

    The Morris dancers will be performing at 1 pm.

  2. calmccune October 17, 2012

    I am 73. I grew up on a boat on Portage Bay, l941 to 1950. At the time only a huge golf course existed where the med/dental buildings are now. A railroad train ran along the Burke Gilman Route. My guess is that as a boy I saw many of the apple trees now being cared for.

  3. Barb October 18, 2012

    A common question about these trees is “How did a fruit tree end up here?” Many of the trees are old heritage varieties (Hawkeye Delicious, Common Delicious, Blue Pearmain, Ben Davis) and others are either the results of a tossed apple core or grafted trees that reverted to rootstock. It would be fun to research the history of these trees.

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