PowerPoint Presentation
The Philadelphia Prison System Orchard Project
it always begins with a vision A collaborative project of:
The Mayors OfficePPSPhiladelphia Orchard ProjectOne Village
FarmParks & Recreation
October 2014
Site had been selected, researched and surveyed with the help of
the NRCS First the two acre field had to be mowed with a flail
mower and then rototilled so that it can be graded.
Surveying the land for re-grading using the transit
Big equipment arriving, in the meantime hauling out truck load
after truck load of trash and large objects
A 16 inch deep gravel layer with landscape cloth underneath had
to be removed with the Bulldozer so that fruit trees can grow in
actual soil
Video: Bulldozer in action
The gravel was re-used on site to create one non soil quadrant
for alternative use such as High Tunnel and Raised Bed
horticultural production
material originated both from on-site production (left)and
mushroom soil Compost delivery
Spreading compost, using all the equipment we had.
Orchards need well drained and fertile soil.A total of three
tractor trailer loads (240 cubic yards or 60 tons) of compost have
been spread. This was a necessary amendment to this otherwise
impoverished soil.
Tilling in compost and creating raised beds
Designing an efficient, low pressure Irrigation System
Working with inmates to install the subterraneous irrigation
system
The Amish are coming with big equipment
Installation of the Deer Fence
And finally 187 fruit trees were planted on November 14th 2014,
with 50 more to come in the spring of 2015.Thank You to everyone
involved!
