Incredible Edible Park - Irvine, CA
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DopeyDuck
N 33° 42.158 W 117° 47.962
11S E 425923 N 3729472
This community garden and bike trail cleverly uses the space underneath power lines to benefit OC residents. The garden houses orange trees, broccoli, lettuce, potatoes, carrots, beans and squash which is then delivery to Second Harvest Food Bank.
Waymark Code: WM6F33
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2009
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The Incredible Edible Park has been featured in many online publications.
According to the City of Irvine
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"Irvine Expands its Edible Landscape Garden & Bike Trail
The first, and perhaps only, edible park in California gives bikers a tour through a farm for the hungry as Irvine expands its bike trail system from Irvine Center Drive to the Walnut Trail. The expansion provides a pathway through the edible landscape site, which helps Second Harvest Food Bank provide for more than 200,000 people every month, as well as provides a link to the city’s more extensive bike trail system. More than 80 citrus trees of various types have been planted in this unique garden. The Incredible Edible Park project will grow further, with future expansion plans that include three additional acres of row crops."
According to Volunteer Center (
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"The Incredible Edible Park operates year round, 6 days a week. As many as 1,200 volunteers work at a time. If you wish to help feed the hungry in Orange County, contact Sharon, with Second Harvest Food Bank Orange County, at (714) 771-1343. More information is also available at www.FeedOC.org. For information about other opportunities to volunteer in Orange County, contact the Volunteer Center Orange County at (714) 953-5757 or visit www.VolunteerCenter.org."
According to Platial.com (
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"Broccoli, lettuce, potatoes, carrots, beans and squash are among the crops grown at Irvine's Incredible Edible Park. People of all ages, including many school children, have helped plant, weed and harvest produce. Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County distributes the food to the needy."
According to Redfin's blog
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"Creative Problem Solving in the City of Irvine: The Incredible Edible Park
When watching Irvine city council meetings, I am often impressed with the skill, knowledge, and the dedication of the City staff in responding to City needs. The creation of Irvine’s Incredible Edible Park, located at 15058 Harvard Avenue (Irvine’s Walnut neighborhood), is an example of this. The City’s efforts lead the way to the transformation of this site from 7.5 acres of weed-filled Southern California Edison easement land into an agricultural field that is part of the Second Harvest’s food donation program.(A bike path is also part of the park.)
So not only did this mean the renovation of an unsightly field and savings to the City of $4,500 on weed abatement, but it also means an ongoing supply of food donations for the food bank. The Second Harvest Food Bank, which recently moved to a new and larger facility on the grounds of the Orange County Great Park, helps to feeds the over 450,000 Orange County residents that are at risk of going hungry each month. It also has a field in Santa Ana and is given access to numerous other fields and orchards in Orange County."