#forestgarden — Public Fediverse posts

Forest Gardens Deliver Edible Landscapes at Any Scale https://www.allforgardening.com/1813017/forest-gardens-deliver-edible-landscapes-at-any-scale/ #ForestGarden #garden #gardeners #HerbaceousPlants #WoodlandStructures

Worcestershire firm gives away beginners’ gardening kits to young people https://www.allforgardening.com/1785445/worcestershire-firm-gives-away-beginners-gardening-kits-to-young-people/ #ForestGarden #garden #gardening #JennyDavis #NationalChildren #YoungLearners

Sweet Cicely ! Early Edible Delight for your Food Forest. https://www.allforgardening.com/1784787/sweet-cicely-early-edible-delight-for-your-food-forest/ #EdibleGardening #FoodForest #ForestGarden #IdentifyPlants #permaculture #SweetCicely

Forest Gardens: free info and advice
https://cat.org.uk/info-resources/free-information-service/growing-and-eating/forest-garden/

#SolarPunkSunday #ForestGarden #Food #CentreForAlternativeTechnology #Trees #Nature #Growing #ForestGardens #Sustainability #Forests #FoodForests

Just made a donation to the incredibly useful Plants for a Future (https://pfaf.org/) plant database. If you've also found them useful and have a little spare cash, they're looking for financial assistance.

#ForestGarden #FoodForest #Permaculture #AgroForestry #PlantsForAFuture #Gardening #Plants

How to Create a Backyard #FoodForest with #Fruit & #NutTrees 🌳🥜🍎

Published by Ty Ty Plant Nursery, LLC, on
June 4, 2025

"A backyard food forest is a #sustainable, low-maintenance #gardening method that mimics a natural #forest #ecosystem—except instead of wild plants, you’re growing delicious fruits, nuts, #herbs, and more. It’s a long-term investment in your health, your land, and your ability to grow your own nutrient-rich food without relying on chemicals or constant labor.

"Whether you have a sprawling #backyard or a small suburban plot, you can design your own food forest using fruit and nut trees as the foundation. Here’s how to get started.

🌿 What Is a Food Forest?

"A food forest (also called a #ForestGarden) is a multi-layered growing system that mirrors the structure of a natural forest. It includes:

- Canopy layer – Large fruit and nut trees (like pecans, walnuts, pears) [I WOULD USE CAUTION WITH WALNUTS! They can be poisonous to other plants!]

- Sub-canopy layer – Dwarf or semi-dwarf fruit trees (like plums, figs, or apples)

- Shrub layer – Berries and bush fruits (like raspberries, blueberries, elderberries)

- Herbaceous layer – Culinary and medicinal herbs (like mint, comfrey, lemon balm)

- Groundcover layer – Spreading, edible or soil-building plants (like strawberries or clover)

- Root layer – Underground crops (like garlic, onions, or horseradish)

- Vertical/vine layer – Climbing plants (like grapes or kiwis)

"Together, these layers maximize space, diversify harvests, and support soil health and #biodiversity."

Learn more:
https://blog.tytyga.com/2025/06/04/how-to-create-a-backyard-food-forest-with-fruit-amp-nut-trees/

#SolarPunkSunday #BackyardGardens #BackyardFoodForests #GrowYourOwn #GrownYourOwnFood #FruitTrees #BerryBushes #NutTrees

Indigenous Tribes Engineered British Columbia’s Modern Hazelnut Forests More Than 7,000 Years Ago
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https://www.science.org/content/article/indigenous-tribes-engineered-british-columbia-s-modern-hazelnut-forests-more-7000-years <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2402304121 <-- shared paper
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[not my usual ‘sort of thing’ to post - as broad as that is - but I found this fascinating; it reminds me, in a sense, of the Incas incrementally selecting corn stock that can handle higher and higher altitudes, in ‘research stations’, although those were a domesticated crop]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #hazelnut #nut #Canada #BritishColumbia #FirstNation #cultivation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #indigenous #forest #farming #sustenance #foodsecurity #traditional #wildfire #prescribedburn #landrights #law #deliberate #garden #ethnobiology #archaeology #linguistics #name #connections #anthropology #biology #forestgarden #transplanting #management #wildplant #biogeography #culture

A #WoodMeadow is a *model* not a *blueprint* for #sustainable, biodiverse land management. The idea is an accessible, low-impact, multi-generational space that provides sustainable livelihoods, delivered with #DirectDemocracy & #Recommoning. Think #landscape #ForestGarden.

This is Ty Canol #WoodPasture in #SirGar #Pembrokeshire , similar structure with mosaic of trees & fields

Support my fundraiser for attending #Ecological #Restoration conference in #Estonia! https://ko-fi.com/natureworks

You have *so many options* for plants with a #ForestGarden, particularly combining it with
#NativePlants & #WildFlowers. Martin Crawford’s ‘Creating a Forest Garden‘ is the go-to book, and I helped make a free online spreadsheet of all the plants in the book.

You can use it online or download it. Data is from #PlantsForAFuture 💚

https://store.natureworks.org.uk/l/ForestGardenSpreadsheet

My free resource of the week is #PlantsForAFuture — an online database of edible & useful plants. And let’s face it, pretty much every single plant is edible or useful some way or other, to somebody, somewhere.

If you are in a position to help, please do make a donation for their essential work

https://pfaf.org

#ForestGarden #gardening

If I only had one #FoodForest #ForestGarden #GardenDesign resource, it would be #PlantsForAFuture. They rock 🤘 Plants For A Future https://pfaf.org

I guess billionaires don’t really hang out on Mastodon. But if you do and you’re looking for a critically important #ForestGarden #FoodForest #Agroforestry resource to fund, try #PlantsForAFuture https://pfaf.org