The Pomona Project, 2012

The Pomona Project: edible landscaping plants

Order edible landscaping plants at wholesale prices. This year’s list includes varieties of strawberries, blueberries, currants, blackberries, raspberries, and figs.

The program provides homeowners with attractive and easy-to-care-for plantings that are appropriate to the local landscape. Full details and an order form (PDF) are available.

The late winter 2012 issue of our Roots & Sprouts newsletter has an article on edible landscaping.

Each plant offers edible fruit, and we have multiple varieties:

• Blueberries: 3 varieties
• Strawberries: 1 variety
• Blackberries: 2 varieties
• Red currants:2 varieties
• Raspberries: 2 varieties
• Fig trees: 1 variety

Ordering

Send in the order form (PDF) by February 25, 2012. Pickup will be announced, but it will be in late April in Belmont. Prices include delivery to the pick-up location.

We do not make a profit, but are doing this to encourage home production of fruits and berries.

Why "Pomona"?

The Pomona Project’s name was inspired by Pomona, the Goddess of Fruits and Gardens, who appears on the Town of Belmont’s official seal, a nod to Belmont’s agrarian past. Belmont was a major market garden center in the late 1800s, with many farms and fruit orchards dotting the landscape.

Picking up plants

Pomona on the Town seal

The Belmont Farmers' Market is a project of the Belmont Food Collaborative, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.