Philadelphia Orchard Project has built greenhouses to grow exotic fruits.
Phil Forsyth, the Orchard Project’s co-executive director, poses with a loquat tree in one of the new high tunnel unheated greenhouses at the Woodlands estate. Forsyth and his colleagues are experimenting with growing fruits typically native to warmer climates now that Philadelphia's temperatures have risen amid climate change.believes that fruits more associated with more southern climates can be raised locally and is experimenting with what’s possible to grow.
“This is our newest exploration of what’s possible in terms of perennial crops in Philadelphia,” Forsyth said. “We saw this project as an important way to investigate crops in a changing climate.”The new tunnels at the Woodlands will take that further by growing crops that would be new for Philadelphia gardening. Although not heated, they will allow fruit trees to survive winters as Philly moves up in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s hardiness zone.
he said. “We want to be ready to adjust to those changes and share that knowledge with our community partners.”That experimentation might allow people who have immigrated to the U.S. from hotter climates to enjoy fruits native to their homelands. Forsyth is most excited about experimenting with bananas. In recent years, a fungus has threatened the Cavendish, the typical yellow banana bought by Americans in supermarkets.
He hopes that those efforts, combined with the high tunnel, will allow the nonprofit to be fruiting bananas in the city.
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