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Urban Orchard Pilot Project — a win for food security!
In early 2025, the City of Des Moines approved our 2023 proposal for an urban orchard in a neighborhood of need. In October 2025, with coordination from Trees Forever, 30 volunteers gathered at Drake Park, in the southeast corner of the Drake University neighborhood, to plant 36 new trees. When these trees bear, the public is welcome and encouraged to pick and enjoy the fruits.
This project is intended as the first of many more around the city, as Des Moines begins a new era of embracing and expanding opportunities for urban agriculture and bolstering food security for all.
FRUIT VARIETIES: Apple, Apricot, Cherry, Peach, Pear, Plum, Serviceberry
History of Drake Park Urban Orchard (link)
Urban Orchard in the News (link)
