The Fundamentals of Food Forestry - 6  sessions

Urban City Farm demonstrating permaculture principles.

Northey Street City Farm

Join the team from Savour Soil, for this six-week series which will help you design your own food forest.

A food forest is a diverse planting of edible and useful perennials that mimic patterns and relationships. Food forests are considered to have from three to seven layers, with a canopy of tall nut or fruit trees, several layers of smaller trees and shrubs, and an understory of beneficial ground covers. These multi-layered spaces allow you to fit a wide range of annual and perennials in a small area. Creating symbiotic relationships between elements produces a high yield of food and resources over the long term with minimal inputs. Food forests can be performing many ecological functions. They are considered one of the most regenerative and resilient production systems for a changing world. This course will take you through the successional process of designing your own food forest. Each week, we will have three hours of learning and resources and videos to continue our education throughout the week. The class is limited to engage in group discussions and receiving support on your individual designs. People of all levels of experience are welcome. It is suggested that you have a few additional hours each week to work on your own design and some homework to get the most out of the course. You will leave the course with the fundamentals of food forestry, a food forest design, as well as a guide for how to implement it.Course Overview:WEEK 1:The Fundamentals of Food ForestryAssessment of Landscape Through a Permaculture LensFood Forest Visioning &amp; Goal SettingWEEK 2:Mapping of the SiteWater Flow, Soil Preparation and potential EarthworksSite SuccessionWEEK 3:The Canopy Layers: Nut, Timber, Fruit trees &amp; AnimalsPlanting Patterns, Succession PlanningWEEK 4:The Middle Layers: Small Trees, Shrubs, VinesSoil Builders &amp; Nitrogen FixersWEEK 5:The Ground Layers: Herbaceous Perennials, Herbs, Pollinator Plants.Interplanting AnnualsIntegrating Small AnimalsWEEK 6:Design Presentations &amp; FeedbackBreaking Down Your Design into Implementation PhasesResources for Continued Learning

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