Four Madison area public gardening ventures, including the Eagle Heights Community Garden, are competing for a free orchard from the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation and Edy?s fruit bars. In the national contest ? in which supporters vote online for their favorite public garden project ? five winners will receive fruit and nut trees and equipment. UW-Madison?s Eagle Heights Community Gardens, which is in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, plans to extend a fruit tree management program that started in 2007 with 36 dwarf fruit trees, including heritage apple varieties. Organizers there hope to press their first cider this fall.
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