with Sam VanAken
Thursday, April 24, 2025 • 5:30 P.M.
Old Chapel | Union College | Coffee and Dessert from 5:00 P.M.
Sponsored by the Kelly Adirondack Center, UCALL, USustain, and Octopus’s Garden
This event is free and open to the public.
The Tree of 40 Fruit is a single tree that grows forty different types of stone fruit including peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries, and almonds. Primarily composed of heirloom and antique varieties, the Tree of 40 Fruit are a form of conservation, preserving stone fruit varieties that are not commercially produced or available.
Combining public art, horticulture, and environmental preservation, The Open Orchard is a permanent yet continuously changing artwork on Governors Island commissioned through Governors Island Arts. It takes the form of a public orchard comprised of hybrid trees containing antique and heirloom fruit varieties that are native to, originated in, or were historically grown in, and around New York City over the past 400 years but have all but disappeared due to the industrialization of agriculture and the rise of monocultures.
