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Urban orchards, planted on disused plots between apartment blocks, offer city dwellers free access to seasonal fruit. Volunteers —maintainmaintenancemaintainedmaintains the trees throughout the year, pruning branches and guarding against pests, so that anyone nearby may —pickpickingpickedpicks the harvest without charge. Councils increasingly view these orchards as a low-cost way to —expandexpansionexpandingexpanded green space while fostering neighbourly —cooperationcooperativecooperatecooperatively.