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Please note:

Emma Prusch Park will be closing one day per week in order to accommodate the City of San Jose budget for 2009-2010.

Due to the close, Emma Prusch Farm Park and the project areas will not be accessible on any Monday beginning November 30, 2009.

Overview

Emma Prusch Farm Park is located at 647 South King Road, San Jose, near the intersections of Highways 101 and 280/680.  Master Gardeners are involved with five projects at the park including a High Density Orchard, Rare Fruit Orchard, Heritage Orchard, California Native Color Wheel and Children’s Tunnel Garden.  Santa Clara County 4H volunteers keep farm animals in the large wooden barn located within the Park.  In 1994, the Master Composter volunteers established a composting demonstration area which has become an important part of the educational needs of the community.  Free composting classes are held at the Park: for more information visit ReduceWaste website.

High Density Fruit Orchard

Originally planted in the mid-1990s the Prusch Farm High Density Fruit Orchard provides a public demonstration of pomme fruit gardening, showing local gardeners how to maintain reasonably sized trees and how several varieties can be grown in a small garden space by planting several trees in one planting hole.  The orchard consists of 85 trees of 57 known varieties (some trees are unmarked).  Types of trees are primarily apple (almost 70%), pear and quince.