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THE FRUITY NUTTY CAMPAIGN
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The Fruity Nutty Campaign promotes the planting of fruit and nut trees in parks and residential yards and the creation of food forests throughout the city of Milwaukee. By planting fruit and nut trees, our goal is to protect the environment, improve public health, and strengthen our community. Through the Fruity Nutty Campaign, last spring we planted over 1200 trees in Milwaukee!
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Fruit and nut trees provide nutritious food, serve as a source of oxygen, protect against soil erosion, and keep neighborhoods cool in the summer. Planting trees strengthens relationships between neighbors, encouraging community. We hope that neighbors who grow fruit and nut trees will share their bounty! In fact, on any given block, there is often a need for two of any given type of fruit and nut tree in order to achieve cross-pollination. Fruit trees, like people we believe, need one another to thrive.
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THE FRUITY NUTTY FIVE CONTEST
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This winter Milwaukee neighborhoods competed for a chance to win a fruity nutty orchard (up to 30 fruit and nut producing plants) in their neighborhood. The winners were announced at our annual Fruity Nutty Affair held Saturday, February 16. The trees will be planted by VGI volunteers in the spring, and winners will receive instruction on growing fruit and nut trees, including free admission to our classes on grafting and training and pruning trees.
The Winners!
We are excited to announce our the winners of our first annual Fruity Nutty Five Contest! Congratulations to: Riverwest, Walker's Point, DMZ Community Garden, 45th Street, Metcalfe Park, and Friends of Tippecanoe Park! Read more about the winners here. That's right, we were able to fund SIX winners instead of five for our first ever Fruity Nutty Five thanks to generous support from the community.
Executive Director Gretchen Meade announces the Fruity Nutty Five winners at the 2013 Fruity Nutty Affair
The Contest
You can read more about the contest and competition details below. Stay tuned for the 2014 Fruity Nutty Five contest to open up next winter!
Applications for the Fruity Nutty Five will be available December 1, 2012. Interested neighborhoods should complete the application and submit by February 6. Tell us why your neighborhood should win. Be creative! Write an essay, make a video or sing a song. Please limit submissions to 3 minutes or 500 words. Applicants will need to provide signatures for each participating household, so begin organizing your neighbors today! For the purpose of this contest, a neighborhood is a square city block. This contest is FREE to enter! For more information, please contact Program Coordinator Jazz Glastra. Click here to download the application!
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