From the newsroom: A 'food forest' in Mattapan is a space to harvest food and grow community

We're back with a feature from one of our friends in the WBUR newsroom as Team Common works on some longer term projects.

In May, a new park opened in Mattapan, and, get this… it’s edible. The Edgewater Food Forest is a quarter-acre park in Mattapan full of fruit trees, berry bushes and other edible plants. Anyone in the community can harvest food there, for free.

The park is a collaborative effort between neighborhood groups, the city, and the nonprofit “Boston Food Forest Coalition.” They’ve helped build 10 of these sites so far.

WBUR Climate and Environment Correspondent Barbara Moran brings us this audio postcard from the opening celebration of the Edgewater Food Forest.