Permaculture Forest Garden at Schumacher College

December 16, 2010 by  
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www.EatWeeds.co.uk - Martin Crawford of the Agroforestry Research Trust talks about the Forest Garden he planted at Schumacher College, Dartington, South Devon, United Kingdom over 14 years ago.

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21 Comments on "Permaculture Forest Garden at Schumacher College"

  1. polartorontograffiti on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 4:48 pm 

    YOU ARE MY HERO!!! I WILL BE PLANTING A FOREST GARDEN NEXT SPRING!!! MANY BLESSING!

  2. cjt5mith on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 4:57 pm 

    @hablerz

    Check out the appendices in Martin’s book ‘Creating a Forest Garden’ (using ‘Look Inside’ on Amazon). I was amazed how many trees and shrubs have edible parts that we normally don’t bother to eat.

  3. DarqueSock on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 4:59 pm 

    @hablerz i believe it is a much more dense low maintenance form of gardening. For example you would have large fruit/nut trees with bushes/edible plants growing underneath in a viable ecosystem.

    as opposed to planting just fruit trees in an orchard and killing everything else underneath.

  4. hablerz on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 5:42 pm 

    What exactly is he growing of use in this garden – is medicinal plants a euphemism for pot? . It doesnt seem very productive in terms of food output, having nice trees is one thing but where is the food coming from?

  5. IWantDemocracyNow on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 5:46 pm 

    this is the answer man!! i am starting my own forest garden in New Orleans

  6. eatweeds on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 6:21 pm 

    Not sure if Martin accepts woofers, but contact him through his website. The link is in the video.

  7. 80zoego on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 6:22 pm 

    Hi im sold on this i want to start learning, but Can u wwoof on your forestgarden?

  8. Ypipable on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 6:49 pm 

    A forest is aerial.

  9. doggy1boy on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 7:44 pm 

    a lot of talking but did not see the garden ?

  10. PersianPaladin on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 8:25 pm 

    This guy is VERY knowledgable on the subject of permaculture and its a credit to have people like him around.

  11. Rawmodel on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 8:35 pm 

    you can still have annual veg plots around the home…but perennials are your long term core of the system

  12. Soldier957 on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 9:05 pm 

    WHOA! SO cool! I have SOooo many questions for you! Planning my own forest garden, hope to start soon ;)

  13. Rawmodel on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 9:49 pm 

    Thank u sooo much for sharing this with us…i started my forest garden in April 08 and the changes already are astounding. There is nothing more beneficial than planting your own food forest…your “space of love”.

    Thx again!!!

  14. themightyscythe on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 10:09 pm 

    People have been struggling to find a cure for insomnia for centuries , but i reckon this guy has got the best answer yet.

  15. deketeme on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 10:54 pm 

    thanks for sharing this =)

  16. themightyscythe on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 11:37 pm 

    i reckon you would soon get fed up with climbing up there to water them .

  17. fatturdburger on Thu, 16th Dec 2010 11:41 pm 

    Thank you, how about growing veg in the tree tops on walkways so they get more light

  18. 711shamn on Fri, 17th Dec 2010 12:25 am 

    how come we don’t see the trees ?

  19. 711shamn on Fri, 17th Dec 2010 12:27 am 

    YEs, I’d like a forest garden too !

  20. Taricq on Fri, 17th Dec 2010 1:24 am 

    yes i’d like one too !

  21. Noz7777 on Fri, 17th Dec 2010 1:32 am 

    Is a tour possible?

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