Up on the hill, just before you reach the meadow, you'll pass
through an old crab apple orchard, planted by Dr. Munger. The orchard was
famous, not for its fruit, but because every year when the trees bloomed, the
Mungers would through their famed Crab Party to celebrate the crabapple blooms
and the rest of the garden in all its glory. Since then, the Crab Party
has been moved to better accommodate weather patterns in the area, but the party
is still just as spectacular, and the trees are just as gorgeous when they do
bloom.
Further up the hill is an old apple orchard.
In the fall of 2007, volunteers planted new fruit trees
in an area adjacent to these orchards.
Up on the hill, just before you reach the meadow, you'll pass
through an old crab apple orchard, planted by Dr. Munger. The orchard was
famous, not for its fruit, but because every year when the trees bloomed, the
Mungers would through their famed Crab Party to celebrate the crabapple blooms
and the rest of the garden in all its glory. Since then, the Crab Party
has been moved to better accommodate weather patterns in the area, but the party
is still just as spectacular, and the trees are just as gorgeous when they do
bloom.