Instead of neat rows of monoculture, forest gardens combine fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and perennial vegetables together in one seemingly wild setting. This type of agroforestry mimics natural ecosystems and uses the space available in a sustainable way. UK-based Martin Crawford is one of the pioneers of forest gardening. Starting out with a flat field in 1994, his land has been transformed into a woodland and serves as an educational resource for others interested in forest gardening. This short film by Thomas Regnault focuses on Crawford’s forest garden, which is abundant, diverse, edible, and might be one answer to the future of food systems.
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28 Comments
This garden grows 500 edible plants with just a few hours of maintenance a month. What are your thoughts on this unique ecosystem?
I would like to do something like this in 2000 sqft space but can't figure out what to do or how to design even after watching so many documentaries.
The world will never run out of food. Thats just a lie they tell to keep people living in fear and in compliance with their agenda. One Apple tree can feed hundreds of people for months and months.
Food forests are endlessly magical…
Unlikers are from chemical factories🤣
This is the way to go!
Is there any minimum spacing between trees?
In temperate England, closed canopy forests are not natural. As Martin said, semi forested areas store the most carbon and has the most photosynthesis. Otherwise climax forest overshades everything below the canopy and diseases spread from canopy to canopy. Photo synthetic processes are maximised in a open forest
When safemoon makes me a billionaire I'm coming for you Permaculture !! Right now I can't can barely pay our rent living in Hawaii!
what if this ecosystem was invaded by one or two invasive plants/creatures. what do you think would happen?
❤️ 💯
This is the way
Getting warmer, scale up, and mechanisation is the obstacle though, the idea is 2%.of the difficulty. I'm sure you realise that by now? we need to redesign an entire line a machinery to deal with a change in food production methods on much larger scales, as high energy density foods are the bread bask of modern civilisation. If we keep trying to redesign with agricultural machinery in mind we are designing the landscape around a tractor.👀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣lol that makes no sense.
Love this
"You dont have to know everything before begining it – plant trees and start with it " – instant inspiration
It would be better if they would be all native to the place
I wonder what Charles Dowding makes of this, he's in the same climate yet has a completely different approach.
There is a similiar subhash palekar model in india which is promoted by government also
The closest animals to humans are the apes and monkeys. What is their natural diet? Fruits of course…Then why humans can't survive in a forest eating fruits? Human digestive system is designed for fruit diet just like the apes. Yet humans have become omnivorous. I haven't seen any survival show expert on TV telling humans to survive like apes.
🌱❤️📈 Creating paradise, best hobby and thanks to internet easy to get knowledge to start planting
A very informative video…👍
Bravo 👏
Wow, this type of Forest garden is truly amazing and magical! 🤭
This is an excellent and brief introduction to forest gardens. Very inspiring!
a major turn humankind need to take
Omg I want this guy as a father .
You would have to reduce the population by 80%its lovely but not practical, you can't feed every one this way
next step in nature… would be add some small animals?