| Elgin, TX

The Edible Arbor Walk Project began in 2018 with the planting of a handful of donated fruit trees. Year after year the Elgin Parks and Recreation Department partners with the community to plant new fruit, shade, nut, and evergreen trees in Elgin Memorial Park to increase the biodiversity in our park, provide hands-on learning opportunities, and allow park patrons to grab a snack straight from the tree.

Download English Harvest Schedule here. Descarga el Calendario de la Cosecha en Español aquí.

2022 Tree Maintenance:

An important part of maintaining the health of our Edible Arbor Walk is ensuring that the trees receive enough water, have the weeds removed from around their roots and suckers pruned. Elgin HS Key Club and NHS volunteered their time to clean up around the trees in April 2022, making sure there was no other plant competing for water in the area.

In September 2022, volunteers Debora Marzec and Ranch House Recovery planted 13 trees, reinforced the wooden barriers, and lasagna gardened.

2021 Memorial Tree Planting:

On Sunday, January 3rd, 2021, Girl Scout troop 2334 planted a peach tree in memory of Jade Erwin, their fellow Girl Scout who died in March 2020. Her grandfather David Erwin helped with the planting.

Troop 2334 is an Ambassador and Seniors Girl Scout troop in the Blackland Prairie Service Unit for Girl Scouts of Central Texas. The troop formed when several of the girls were in kindergarten and has had a strong consistent participation throughout the years. Ten of the girls will graduate in May and three plan to continue with the troop for their final year of high school. Their fondest memories of Jade include camping trips, dance parties, and travel in Texas as well as to Tennessee and Colorado.