Edible Tree Symposium
Thursday, 5 November 2015, 8:30 – 3:30
Pueblo Grande Museum
4619 E Washington Street, Phoenix
8:00 – 8:30, Registration, light refreshments provided throughout the morning
MORNING SESSION: STATEWIDE PERSPECTIVES ON EDIBLE TREES
8:30 –
9:00
Ann Audrey, LEAF
Network
Welcome and introduction to the goals, work and products of the LEAF
Network
9:00 –
9:30
Alix Rogstad, State
government
State government perspective presented by Alix Rogstad, the Manager of the
Arizona State Forestry, Urban and Community Forestry Program, including
perspectives of Forestry, Agriculture, and State Land Departments
9:30 –
10:00
Kelly Young, Master
Gardeners
Statewide Master Gardener’s perspective provided by Kelly Young, Maricopa
County Master Gardener
10:00 –
10:30
April Bradham, Food
Banks
Food bank perspective presented by April Bradham, Director of Field
Operations for the Association of Arizona Food Banks
10:30 11:15
Panel discussion,
Municipalities
Municipal perspectives provided in a panel discussion with:
Steve Priebe - retired City of Phoenix staff and past president of ACTC
Donna DiFrancesco - Conservation Specialist, City of Mesa
11:15 –
11:30
Morning summary
View statewide networking maps and discuss statewide perspectives
11:30 – 1:00, Lunch provided on site. Meet and network with fellow participants
AFTERNOON SESSION: EDIBLE TREE PROJECTS IN DIVERSE ARIZONA CLIMATES
1:00 –
1:30
Roger Pfeuffer,
Mission Garden,
Tucson
1:30 –
2:00
Kathy Pendley Shaw,
Pendley Orchard at
Slide Rock State Park
2:00 –
2:30
Tom Ellis, Marana
Heritage River Park
2:30 –
3:00
Greg Peterson, The
Urban Farm, Phoenix
3:00 –
3:30
Next steps
Zone 4, Mid-altitude desert. Roger Pfeuffer is on the Board of Directors of
Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace, which oversees the development and
operation of Mission Garden. This is the historic location and newly
planted re-creation of the Spanish missionary period Kino Tree orchard
Zone 3, High altitude desert. Kathy Pendley Shaw is the grand daughter of
the Pendley founder who homesteaded and planted the Pendley orchard,
now part of Slide Rock State Park. She is the family “story teller” and will
recount the family history at the site and how the apples were cared for
and marketed in the early days
Zone 4, Mid-altitude desert. Tom Ellis, Director of the Marana Parks
Department, will describe work at the Marana Heritage River Park. This
historic agricultural acreage along the Santa Cruz River has been
transformed into a community resource, including a community garden
and orchard, as part of the cultural/historical preservation of Marana’s
agricultural past
Zone 5, low altitude desert. Greg Peterson, founder and director of the
Urban Farm, is a long time permaculture designer and teacher who is
growing hundreds of fruit trees at his urban Phoenix site. He teaches
workshops on fruit trees, water harvesting, and other sustainability topics
View overlay of networking maps. Discuss edible tree projects, statewide
perspective, and consider useful next steps
Linking Edible Arizona Forests, the LEAF Network