Category: Forest garden

The forest garden is a kind of system that we very commonly use in permaculture projects. It mimics the ecological interactions of a forest, but we build it from elements that we choose for specific purposes. Almost always, these purposes include human consumption, and often they include animal forage, medicine, fuel and fiber. So once…

Zone 2 forest gardens are always set up in the context of a close-by residence, and have few canopy trees, sometimes none. They are more diverse than zone 3 forest gardens, and they often have many paths crossing through them, for ease of harvest and maintenance, and because their position is always nearby a house,…