New england food forest

Tour an urban homestead oasis! Visit the home of The Raincatcher's owner, Reese Baker, and learn how you can add edible landscaping, fruit/nut trees, recycled greywater and year-round greens to your property. Reese and his family turned bare, non-descript yards into a food forest lush with shade trees, flowing water, fish, chickens, and a kids playground – complete with a treehouse!

How can we grow MORE food with LESS work by using food forests? Come learn what they are, how they work, and how to grow them.

A Massachusetts green thumb is gardening to change the world, one acre at a time.

You can eat everything that grows in a forest, but only if you plant it yourself. That's the idea behind an edible food forest.

In a forest, the plants collaborate. They take turns blooming, share space, distribute different nutrients and succeed each other over generations.

Forest Farming: Savanna Institute

Forest gardens, or food forests, are one of the best ways to grow your own food. Create a permaculture forest garden in your backyard!

So you want to design and plant a food forest. But which type of food forest is right for you? Click and find out which type is right for you.

Cedar Lake Food Forest Final design of Cedar Lake Food Forest. The Cedar Lake Food Forest is the larger of the gardens, with constructed footpaths that wander through approximately 5000 square feet. The garden was primarily designed by Samantha Graves, pictured above. It is also on the Leelanau Trail, located in the Leelanau Conservancy’s DeYoung Natural Area. […]