On public land in Seattle, a slope that used to be mostly lawn has been turned into a place where neighbors can gather free food, including fruit, nuts, and native plants.
What happened?
Robin Greenfield (@robin.greenfield) recently spotlighted Seattle’s Beacon Food Forest (@beaconfoodforest) in an Instagram post, presenting the several-acre site as an open-harvest space where visitors are free to pick food.
Elise, a longtime volunteer and steward, explained just how dramatic the transformation has been.
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Because the property is public, neighbors in and around Beacon Hill worked with the city after deciding they wanted the land to serve a different purpose. Elise recalled how simple the site looked at the start: “When they got started 14 years ago, what you would have seen was just lawn like this. It was seven acres of grassy hillside,” she said…