South Side Fruit Park Gives the Gift of Fruit

The community gathering at the South Side Fruit Park on the first day of the planting.
Photo by Katie Spengler
Photos courtesy of the wexner center for the arts.
Photo by Fallen Fruit
David Burns of Fallen Fruit and Lauren Williams planting fruit trees. Volunteers and neighbors helped plant 40 fruit trees and 23 grape vines in the South Side Fruit Park on April 29, 2017.
Fallen Fruit (David Burns and Austin Young), “Columbus Wallpaper Pattern,” dimensions variable, 2017. Photographs taken along sidewalks and are used to create this Fallen Fruit custom wallpaper for the City of Columbus. The wallpaper was used for the background of the art installation called “Block After Block” for the Wexner Center for the Arts. Photo courtesy of © Fallen Fruit.
Photo by Katie Spengler
Photos courtesy of the wexner center for the arts.
Photo by Katie Spengler
Bob Leighty of the Parsons Avenue Merchants Association who spearheaded the founding of the South Side Fruit Park. Photos courtesy of the wexner center for the arts.
South Side fruit park sign
Photo by Katie Spengler
Artist Austin Young and a volunteer plant a fruit tree at the South Side Fruit Park. Photos courtesy of the wexner center for the arts.