Food forest garden layout

Food Forests, or Edible Forest Gardens, are collections of food plants arranged in mutually supportive patterns similar to those found in natural forests. A team of Permaculture Designers in 2013...

This backyard food forest hosts a diverse planting of fruit trees and berries, with a mixed-species meadow understory to support pollinators and repair soil. Here's what we did.

Plant guilds are an important aspect of permaculture design. Food forest garden design examples, plant guild examples & the 7 layer food forest

I’ve been doing quite a lot of reading about permaculture lately. What is permaculture? The word is derived from permanent agri- (and horti-) culture. Bill Mollison, one of its founding fathers, de…

Add a little permaculture into your life by planting a fruit tree guild. A fruit tree guild is the building block of an edible forest garden.

Permaculture principles can decrease your work load, make your garden more productive, make your animals healthier, and generally improve all the systems on your farm or homestead.

Reading Time: 9 minutes Tall order? Read on and watch me *demo* it. Earlier this week, I showed you what designing the whole farm layout looks like, and now I’ll zoom in on one aspect: designing a food forest with swales. 5 minutes for Part I, 15 minutes for Part II, and DONE! Food forests, in the context of […]

Forest gardens, or food forests, are one of the best ways to grow your own food. Create a permaculture forest garden in your backyard!

Editor's Note: This post is a good reminder to ensure you take good before, during and after photos as you implement projects! Case studies like this become an awesome portfolio for yourselves, and he

Cedar Lake Food Forest Final design of Cedar Lake Food Forest. The Cedar Lake Food Forest is the larger of the gardens, with constructed footpaths that wander through approximately 5000 square feet. The garden was primarily designed by Samantha Graves, pictured above. It is also on the Leelanau Trail, located in the Leelanau Conservancy’s DeYoung Natural Area. […]