What Happens When a Town Is Built Around Orange Trees?
Florida was once orange groves first, towns second.
Flo Groves revisits that history with a clear, forward-looking food idea.
Shared through a campaign on Kickstarter, Flo Groves explores what it looks like when food production stays close to everyday life. Citrus trees are treated as working land with purpose. They are grown, cared for, and lived alongside, rather than pushed out of sight.
Instead of separating food from housing and community space, the project places groves at the center of daily routines. Homes, walkways, and shared areas are designed around trees that grow fruit over time, change with the seasons, and reward long-term care. Food becomes something people see, understand, and value before it ever reaches the table.
From a food perspective, the strength of the idea lies in its patience. Trees take years to mature. Harvests follow natural cycles. Flo Groves embraces these rhythms and treats them as assets, allowing citrus to shape how people plan, wait, and live with their surroundings.
At this stage, the project is driven by intent and clarity. The focus is on restoring groves, stewarding them over time, and showing that productive land can coexist naturally with modern development. The emphasis stays on food as a living system, not just an end product.
Flo Groves sits comfortably between familiar categories. It is not just farming, not simply development, and not framed as a campaign slogan. Its value comes from treating food as part of the built environment, influencing daily life in quiet but meaningful ways.
For those who believe food systems start with land, time, and care, Flo Groves offers a thoughtful model worth supporting. Backing the campaign is a way to help this idea take root early, and to explore how communities can once again grow alongside the food that sustains them.
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Reference: Kickstarter
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