Et fellesskap av mennesker i og utenfor Alrek Helseklynge, for å plante, ta vare på og plukke frukt fra fem plommetrær plantet i hage til Årstadveien 17. Studenter, ansatte, forskere, administrasjon, pasienter, kantineansatte og byggets naboer og besøkende, var invitert alle til å ta del i prosjektet.
May 2020 - September 2023.
Norsk.
English.
Les om vår siste samling: Matlagingsverksted og presetasjoner
︎︎︎ Alrek Helseklynge
︎︎︎ KORO
Nettstedet er støttet av Bergen Kommune.
Gardening workshops.
June 2021
March 2022
September 2022
April 2023
March 2022
September 2022
April 2023
The plan with the gardening workshops has been to bring together those who use the building and the neighbours to collectively take care of the trees.
As the workshops were postponed due to corona, Amber started the first steps for caring for the trees alone. In December 2020, she prepared the trees for their first winter, by covering the soil below them in mulch and canvas to keep the frost off the ground. In March 2021, Amber gave the trees organic natural fertiliser.
We were finally able to meet for our first collective workshop in early June 2021. By this point, the trees had started to grow buds and leaves and it was time to start preparing the trees for the blossom season. Although we weren’t expecting to have any fruit so soon after the trees were planted, we were able to prepare the environment for the coming years. After sharing plum saft and plum yoghurt cake together, Amber gave an introduction to the project and her hopes for how it could grow. We began by clearing away the canvas and weeds from around the trees and planted two types of edible flowers: marigolds and nasturtiums. Both these plants act as pollinators, attracting bees to the area to help pollinate the plum trees. Nasturtiums also act as trap plants- attracting pests such as aphids- away from the plum blossoms. Both nasturtiums and marigolds will self seed, meaning that once planted they will come back each year. We also cover the base of the trees in bark to stop weeds from growing and to help keep the moisture in on hotter days.
After another round of covid lock downs, and a little bit of caring for the trees from Amber, we were able to meet of a second workshop in March 2022. With hot coffee and Amber’s grandmother’s recipe for shortbread biscuits, the neighbours and members of staff at Alrek got to know each other a bit before we stepped out into the garden. Our task this time was to prepare the trees for the growing season by pruning and fertilising them. We learnt about the best way to prune fruit trees in order to encourage a good shape that allows sun to reach all parts of the tree. As the trees grow, we want the branches to spread inside and outside of the garden boundary and so we trained the branches with this in mind. Once again we added bark to the base of the trees to keep the weeds down.
In April 2023, we again pruned the trees to prepare them for the growing season. We used strips of canvas to bend the branches to open up the trees. This means that more light can get into all the branches and means that as the tree grows, all branches will be in reach to be picked, rather than them growing upwards beyond reach.
After all dugnads, participants wrote in the log book to record what has been done.
As the workshops were postponed due to corona, Amber started the first steps for caring for the trees alone. In December 2020, she prepared the trees for their first winter, by covering the soil below them in mulch and canvas to keep the frost off the ground. In March 2021, Amber gave the trees organic natural fertiliser.
We were finally able to meet for our first collective workshop in early June 2021. By this point, the trees had started to grow buds and leaves and it was time to start preparing the trees for the blossom season. Although we weren’t expecting to have any fruit so soon after the trees were planted, we were able to prepare the environment for the coming years. After sharing plum saft and plum yoghurt cake together, Amber gave an introduction to the project and her hopes for how it could grow. We began by clearing away the canvas and weeds from around the trees and planted two types of edible flowers: marigolds and nasturtiums. Both these plants act as pollinators, attracting bees to the area to help pollinate the plum trees. Nasturtiums also act as trap plants- attracting pests such as aphids- away from the plum blossoms. Both nasturtiums and marigolds will self seed, meaning that once planted they will come back each year. We also cover the base of the trees in bark to stop weeds from growing and to help keep the moisture in on hotter days.
After another round of covid lock downs, and a little bit of caring for the trees from Amber, we were able to meet of a second workshop in March 2022. With hot coffee and Amber’s grandmother’s recipe for shortbread biscuits, the neighbours and members of staff at Alrek got to know each other a bit before we stepped out into the garden. Our task this time was to prepare the trees for the growing season by pruning and fertilising them. We learnt about the best way to prune fruit trees in order to encourage a good shape that allows sun to reach all parts of the tree. As the trees grow, we want the branches to spread inside and outside of the garden boundary and so we trained the branches with this in mind. Once again we added bark to the base of the trees to keep the weeds down.
In April 2023, we again pruned the trees to prepare them for the growing season. We used strips of canvas to bend the branches to open up the trees. This means that more light can get into all the branches and means that as the tree grows, all branches will be in reach to be picked, rather than them growing upwards beyond reach.
After all dugnads, participants wrote in the log book to record what has been done.