As part of the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation’s Community Orchard Project, the Keep East Point Beautiful branch has received a $2,000 grant to plant orchards.
The project’s purpose is to plant trees for environmental benefit while providing a source of free, local food.
Keep East Point Beautiful will work with organizations throughout the neighborhood in an effort to make orchard planting a community effort. The initial orchard planting sites include the East Point Historical Society, River Park and the Progressive Action for Transforming City Habitat community garden.
The foundation’s executive director, Frances Kennedy, hopes the orchids increase community gathering in the area.
The Community Orchard Project was established in 2012 and has since planted more than 180 trees in six communities across Georgia.
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