By Paul Thompson
Northeast News
November 16, 2016

A community-led initiative to plant a mini orchard in Sheffield Park came to fruition last week, as volunteers from throughout the community gathered on Monday, November 7 to plant more than a dozen trees around the park’s playground. In addition to the Sheffield Neighborhood Association, partners in the project include Giving Grove, which assisted with the planting, and Kansas City University and Medicine and Biosciences (KCUMB), which made in-kind tree donations for the initial orchard. SNA had previously reached a cooperative agreement with the KCMO Parks and Recreation department, allowing the orchard to be planted. Parks and Recreation contractors will be cutting the grass around the orchard, and will also be providing water. “The weather’s going to be changing, so we want to go ahead and get those trees into the ground,” said SNA President Mark Morales ahead of the planting.