Unused Roxbury Lot Transformed Into Urban Oasis

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
On a hot day. It's actually kind of refreshing standing here.
Birds are chirping, bees are buzzing, and I could pluck
a pair off a tree if I wanted to. The
new Maple Street food Forest has it all.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
People would find some of the fruits that they know,
such as apples and cherries and peaches and pears, but
there are also some unusual ones that are known to
grow well in our zone pop paws, persimmons, medlar and
they're fun to harvest right.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Liz look Close is the Engagement, design and Construction director
at the Boston Food Forest Coalition. This food forest in
Roxbury used to be an empty parking lot. Now it's
got layers of plants, shrubs, and fruit trees to mimic
a real forest.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Mixed out with the park. So it's a place for
people to gather and enjoy themselves and also learn how
to harvest the crops that are grown here.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
There's a stage for events, different areas for workshops, and
a gazebo in Roxbury. I'm a Freedman. WBZ, Boston's news
radio