I did this last summer on my sidewalk in front of my house. It made for great converstions as well.

That is so awesome!

It def sounds like a great idea and I wish it would work but just putting fruit trees and vegetable plants in the city won't end the way you think it will.

I worked at a Community Garden for 3 years in the City. Ppl would just pick veggies/fruit, take a bite and then throw it on the ground. And the amount of water needed crazy - esp for fruit trees.

Having gardens in city centers is more about educating ppl and teaching them how to grow it on their own than it is about providing them food.

i agree...but this is a starting point

Way Cool!

Ways to monitor for care. Barter would be a starter-access for keeping care. other ideas to assisting with this idea to work.

i find this idiotic. fruit takes massive amounts of dedicated care. street people will not do it or have the tools and knowledge. take the money that woulf be spent and feed the people

Idiotic? Wow.... How about hiring people who can take care of the trees... Gives a Job to a Gardener and helps people get much needed real vitamin C. and the left over fruit can be taken to "The Place" you suggest to feed the people. It literally is feeding the people. i hope you have a better day and cheer up!

I was thinking the same thing. Permaculture projects would work better but with everything ppl take advantage.

I volunteered at a community garden. Had lots of food. Homeless ppl would just walk up, grab like 10 okra, take a bite out of 2 and throw the rest on the ground.

love this. in bermuda the taxi driver tells us everyone here is free to pick from the fruit trees & government encourages people to live off the land, especially for medicinal remedies. then he says, not like in america, not like your government!

lets hope that starts spilling over into America..it can start right here, right now

I didn't realize that fruit would grow year-round. Even the warmest states, with the possible exception of Hawaii, can't grow fruit year-round, outside.

thats ok.....most homeless are out on the streets in the better weather....some is better than none...and think of all the air cleaning the trees would do

that is a great idea but how would you control persons picking them all and selling them.

if everyone has enough.....the problem should take care of itself...no one would need to buy any...problem solved.....supply greater than demand.

A group of caring residents in San Fran, Ca. tried to do this to feed the homeless but S.F. city leaders said NO! Many planted anyway😁🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸

Good for them..Time to up the game.

They shut it down in Romania 20 something years ago for the reason that they were making to much mess on the sidewalk/street

cant be any worst than snow or ice....theres always parks and playgrounds

Brilliant idea and is actually feasible!

yes it is!

time to change that culture mindset...

This is the law of the land in Thailand.

So much fruit is available everywhere... people feel free to pick from any tree as they're walking along.

now its time to be the law of our land......beautiful!

That is the best idea I've seen yet!

I know amazing....lets all start locally...suggest to town offices....

That's fantastic. And beautiful. There's draw backs ( rotten fruit, fruit rats) but I'm sure it's better than dealing with starvation.

Pruning, water, fertilizer. People seem to think you just think you are going to plant a tree in concrete and it is magically going to survive and produce fruit as seen in the photo. It won't. Everyone should pitch in and help out and do the work to reap the benefits, but sadly, they don't. Looks good on paper though.

I had another idea the other day.

You know how you have sharing libraries all over the place?

What about Sharing food boxes. People can put canned goods or other non-perishable items in them as well as bottles of water.

Free for anyone who is in need.

I love the fruit tree idea, too.

you go! start right there in your community...post the successes... it will catch on.

😀I agree! It's gorgeous *and* edible

where do we start?