After getting clearance from the county official, I planted today a fig tree at the community garden. It is a Texas Ever bearing, the first of a series of fig/fruit trees that I intend to plant there. I would like to thank everyone that contributed and continue to contribute a wealth of information to this and other forums, that in some part made this little project possible.

Awesome, way to go Sas! 

The world gets a little bit better every time a fig tree gets planted  :)

Very nice, Sas! Looks like a great start.

Must fill good to spread your collection to the public! Lol its a very nice looing tree. Do you get to take care of it or does the city nanage the garden ?

The community garden is for residents who are mainly interested in planting vegetables. The county leases a 5x10 ft spaces. So I plant my tomatoes or cucumbers and they say that you have to contribute 10% of your crop to charity.
They had a memorial orchard with about 40 young fruit trees but no figs among other kinds of fruit. So I thought that since I have many fig trees mainly in pots that I was growing for another project, why not do something that someday might benefit the community too.

After obtaining permission, I took my shovel today and started by planting my first tree. The good thing about this also is that I have access to water close by. I hope to be documenting this project as it develops.

This community garden has been around since the 1800's. I just found out that another community garden downtown Austin just got sold to a developer. I hope that this one will be here a long time after I'm gone.

The county maintains the grounds etc...I will probably keep an eye on these trees for a while. Once they take off they probably won't need me.

Initially I'm going to use 8ft spacing and take it from there.

I love to hear about things like this.  We all should spread our abundance around to others. Good Job Sas :)

I am going to contack our,community playground and picnic area. I fig tree,would be nice. Great work sas.

I wish to thank all those who posted and will be posting positive messages about their thoughts and ideas about contributing to their local community.

Sas. Just 5hink how long a fig tree lives. 100 years from now people will ve eating from it and taking home cuttings

Congratulations, Sas! I think we need to do this sort of thing more often. I work at UCI and in the last couple of years i have seen many shrubs & trees being replaced by edible trees--mainly orange trees but I think its great. Also a few years ago, Los Angeles got its first fruit park. Who doesnt like a good fig, right?!

http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/the-first-public-fruit-park-in-california-opens/

http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/urban-gardening-movement-keeps-growing-city-council-oks-edible-plants-l-parkways/

Nice job!

Meg, great articles. Love this quotation: "Come take my food.’ It’s for everyone".
Alan, Richie and others, if you inquire, let us know what you find out.

Day two:

8ft might be too close! I guess I'll worry about it if someone complains.
These new three fig trees are unknowns. I know what they might be but hate to guess at this point.

Very generous and inspiring. Please keep us posted on your progress.

Nice work.