Food forest

Permaculture food forests are autopilot gardens that need little human intervention except in the beginning. Here's how to build one.

Permaculture, regenerative agriculture, forest gardening, sustainable home restoration, community organizing, edible landscaping: Pathways to plenty.

A food forest is an edible landscape designed to mimic nature, providing abundant, sustainable yields of fruit, nuts, herbs, and vegetables

A food forest is all about borrowing the best elements of a forest to create a self-sustaining, healthy food garden to feed you for years to come.

A food forest can take up half a lifestyle block or be as small as an urban backyard, but the combination of fruit trees, berries, vines and vegetables – and in some cases animals – can create a resilient, self-sufficient garden that will feed you and your family all year-round. When you arrive at the Koanga Institute, hidden in a remote valley an hour’s drive south-west of Gisborne, it’s a wild-looking place. The beds where the Institute’s precious heritage seeds are grown is easily…

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

Welcome to the official site for the international movement of folks who want to grow Food Not Lawns!

How to Start a Food Forest For centuries, people have used food forests to grow an abundance of food in small spaces. More and more people are rediscovering the benefits of having a food forest around their homes. Inside, you can find out all about food forests and learn the basics of setting up a f

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.