To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Gardens to visit
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:05:36 -0400
On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:41:00 -0400, you wrote:
>I will be driving to Pennsylvania and Ohio this week looking at
>colleges with my daughter. I'd also like to get some photos of some
>fruit plants that are being used for "edible landscaping," that is,
>not planted in an orchard or production garden setting, but being
>used as specimen trees, ornamental hedges, groundcovers, foundation
>plantings, etc. Does anybody out there have any suggestions for
>gardens that I could visit that would fill this bill? Thanks for your
>help.
>
I wonder if Longwood has any fruit plants used in this way?
They have a 'demonstration house and garden', with a food
garden, so it is possible.
You could email them and ask. They are down in southeastern
Pennsylvania.