Forest Gardening in Practice: An Illustrated Practical Guide for Homes, Communities and Enterprises

A handy, accessible guide to creating your own paradise plot where you can forage throughout the year. Anna Locke condenses years of hands-on experience to walk you through the skills and techniques you need to design and plant a delicious, useful, and thriving garden in town or country that is also a haven for wildlife as well as for humans. She encourages us to see our gardens as part of a bigger, local food strategy that can help to generate abundance, health and resilience. This book provides: . An overview of organic gardening techniques-great for the beginner . A basic, accessible guide to designing your garden . Insights into how to plant guilds and choose what is right for your space . Valuable information on how ‘weeds’ can become harvests . A choice of nutritious, seasonal plants for any sized plot . Techniques to grow maximum food with minimal work . Practices that reconnect you with Nature and enhance well-being . Money saving tips to make a forager’s garden available to anyone! The Forager’s Garden demonstrates one of the easiest and most enjoyable ways possible to grow and harvest food. AUTHOR: Tomas Remiarz has been involved in creating and maintaining forest gardens across the UK and Europe for nearly 20 years. He is currently involved in a sustainable rural housing project project on a 7-acre site in Herefordshire. As a founder member of the Permaculture Association’s research advisory board he is particularly interested in studying polycultures and has produced several reports on the subject. 200 colour photos. Illustrations, diagrams & tables throughout.