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Orchard B
Orchard B was the second orchard placed at Marsh Creek Park (Fall 2024). This orchard features 23 fruit trees grown and maintained using “Backyard Orchard Culture” and “High-Density Planting” methods. The orchard was designed in an oval shape on the perimeter of the field to provide shade and long-term food production while continuing to allow open space for park use.
Featured in this orchard:
- McIntosh apple
- Cinnamon Spice apple
- Honeygold apple
- Fuji Apple and Granny Smith apples (pollination partners planted in the same hole)
- Ambrosia apple
- Carolina Red apple
- Roseland apple
- Gala apple
- Elberta peach
- Bounty peach
- Whitegold cherry
- Utah cherry
- Red pomegranate
- Bartlett pear
- Moonglow pear
- Prolific pawpaw
- Wells pawpaw
- Black Mission fig
- Tiger fig
- Violette de Bordeaux fig
- Ozark and Burbank plums (pollination partners planted in the same hole)
Teaching Orchard
The Teaching Orchard was the first orchard placed at Marsh Creek Park (2022). This orchard features nine fruit trees and are managed using “Backyard Orchard Culture” to show that a wide variety of fruits can be grown in a small space.
Featured in this orchard:
- Two 4-in-1 Apple trees
- Red Delicious
- Golden Delicious
- Gala
- Fuji
- Two peach trees
- June Gold
- Red Baron
- Two Asian pear trees
- Shinseki
- Hosui
- Two almond trees
- All-in-one
- Non pariel
- One Persimmon tree
- Fuyu persimmon
Edible Landscaping Around the Park
You can find edible landscaping placed throughout Marsh Creek Park and around the Community Center. This landscaping is intended to highlight the beauty of edible plants while also providing produce throughout the year for park visitors.
Included in these areas:
- Meyer lemon tree
- Brogdon avocado
- Hamlin sweet orange
- Powderblue blueberries (Rabbiteye)
- Columbus blueberries
- Legacy blueberries (Northern Highbush)
- Rebel Blueberries (Southern Highbush)
- Ouachita thornless Blackberries
- Osage thornless Blackberries
