Growing a forest garden

Growing a forest garden
I’ve always been interested in sustainable ways of growing food. Ever since I read Forest Gardening by Robert Hart I’ve had idle thoughts about planting a small orchard in my back garden. I’ve dabbled here and there but when I moved into my new house in 2008 I decided to start planning. [...]

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Willie Smits: How we re-grew a rainforest

[WARNING: Some graphic video may offend some viewers]

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Edible Forest Gardens – A full list of plants and plant groupings and resources

Edible forest landscapes are life filled places that not only provide food for humans, they are habitats for wildlife, carbon sequestering, biodiversity, natural soil building gardens of fruit and nuts, perennial and annual veggies and flowers.  These many-layered gardens are beautiful, resilient and self-renewing. With the emphasis on the whole system as an interrelated organism, interconnectedness is [...]

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Forest Fungi – Mushrooms

“This section of my web site is the largest which contains general information about fungi, some fun things to do with them and a large collection of photographs that have been taken over many years. Many are from the Auckland region of New Zealand although not limited to this region. This site is not intended [...]

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Masanobu Fukuoka’s

Dedicated to exploring his revolutionary method of sustainable agriculture: Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer who developed what many consider to be a revolutionary method of sustainable agriculture.
Masanobu Fukuoka’s

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Urban Food Garden

Welcome to the Urban Food Garden website.  Many people dream about living on a few hectares in the country and growing their own food. Yet in reality the majority of us live in an urban environment, over ninety percent of Australians do so and most are unlikely to ever to move to the country. This [...]

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London Permaculture’s photostream

See photos that display:  Permaculture Principles

Permaculture Principles
Domestic Gardens
Community Gardens & City Farms
Allotments
Forest Gardens
Botanic Gardens
Green Events
Permaculture & Related Courses
Waste?
Food Markets
Urban Permaculture
Green Building
Transportation
others

Photostream

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Agroforestry.net free publications

The Overstory is a free e-mail journal for agroforesters, gardeners, researchers, professionals, and enthusiasts, focusing on design concepts for agricultural systems which integrate trees and other perennial plants.
47 species profiles of traditional and native trees of Pacific Islands covering botany, horticulture, and use in agroforestry systems.
A set of eight Agroforestry Guides that provide practical, user-friendly [...]

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World Wide Flowering Plant Family Identification

Flowering Plant Family Identification

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Plants For A Future – 7000 useful plants

Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. We practise vegan-organic permaculture with emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment based largely on perennial plants.
Plants For A Future
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