Kansas City's Giving Grove now tends free orchards in 17 cities
What began as a Kansas City idea 14 years ago is now more than 14,000 trees in 847 orchards. The fruit is free to pick.
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The Giving Grove began as a Kansas City idea 14 years ago: plant fruit trees and let people pick for free. The group and its volunteers now count more than 14,000 trees in 847 orchards across 17 cities. Annual production is described in the millions of pounds, and more than a million people live within walking distance of an orchard.
At Kansas City Academy, near 80th and Main, students Nova Henry and Alex Ledford talked about eating fruit off the trees at lunch. This story stays with that Kansas City work and the national count. It does not list the other cities.
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