The Backyard Forest

No matter the size of your garden, you can create a lush food forest using forest garden techniques. Step-by-step, you’ll learn how to work with nature to grow edible crops, all the while creating a haven for wildlife.

The course is divided into 3 stages

1. Watching, thinking and planning — where you observe, measure and document your garden to start the planning process, then on to craete the map to enable the design process.

2. Structural planting — establish the windbreaks & protective structures, start a productive perennial veg bed and plant the canopy tree layer.

3. Filling in the structure — prepare the ground so that you can plant the shrubs and the ground cover

Practical walkthroughs, demonstrating each of the stages, will be added regularly.

The full course outline is:

1. Introducing

2. Plan

3. Design

4. Protect

5. Perennial Veg

6. Canopy layer

7. Ground Preparation

8. Shrubs & Ground Cover