class: center, middle # The Foraged Garden _Creating an edible forest garden ecosystem_  by Jake Rayson #### [natureworks.org.uk](https://www.natureworks.org.uk)<br>[natureworks.org.uk/talks/forage](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/talks/forage/) ###### **Press `P` to see notes & credits** ??? * [Notes in PDF format ↗](notes.pdf) * Work licensed under [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), embedded work may have other licenses. * Slideshow always available online * Press `p` for notes * Contact * [Jake Rayson](https://natureworks.org.uk/about) * Email <hello@natureworks.org.uk> * Mastodon [@natureworks@mas.to](https://mas.to/@natureworks) Free 20 min online class [Forest Garden Primer](https://store.natureworks.org.uk/) --- class: middle # Outline 1. Agency 2. Wildlife forest garden 3. Foraging 4. Edible crops 5. Community 6. Practical steps <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? ## Timings ### 6-7pm * 05 min - Intro * 50 min - Talk * 10 min - Break ### 7-8pm * 05 min - Group instructions * 20 min - Breakout groups x4 * 20 min - Report back (4 min per group) * 10 min - Summary/discussion ## Find your land ##### Group exercise 1. Each member of group thinks of suitable land 2. Group chooses one they like the best 3. Group formulates plan of action eg * What the land could be * Who to contact for the land * Who to invite on the group * How to find funding ## Totemic flower ##### Individual exercise 1. Pick a flower, any native flower (try [Plant Atlas](https://plantatlas2020.org/)) 2. Find it online 3. Find it in real life 4. Use [PFAF](https://pfaf.org/) to find its uses 5. Grow it to know it --- class: middle, center # 1. Agency <h6 class="breadcrumb"><span class="u-underline">Agency</span> — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_1280/v1686745277/forest-fire-canada-090602.jpg" alt="Forest fire with flames in the sky and the trees all burning"> ??? This is not actually the 2023 Canadian wildfires but a controlled fire in Alberta in 2009, to create a firebelt and increase diversity. But you get the idea. Photo by Cameron Strandberg on [Wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire-Forest.jpg) --- class: middle ### “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world<br>  all at once, but of stretching out to mend the<br>  part of the world that is within our reach” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés <h6 class="breadcrumb"><span class="u-underline">Agency</span> — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? [Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estés](https://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/index.htm) --- class: middle # You have agency <h6 class="breadcrumb"><span class="u-underline">Agency</span> — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> --- class: middle # You are an agent of change <h6 class="breadcrumb"><span class="u-underline">Agency</span> — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> --- class: middle # Mend your part of the world <h6 class="breadcrumb"><span class="u-underline">Agency</span> — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? Humans as a force for good --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_1280/v1574024543/art-national-geographic-video.jpg" alt="Screengrab of forest garden video"> ??? Martin Crawford’s wonderful 2 acre [forest garden](https://www.agroforestry.co.uk/research-site-tours/) down in Devon --- class: middle, center # 2. Wildlife forest garden <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — <span class="u-underline">Forest Garden</span> — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> --- # Forest garden definition  ### “An edible ecosystem,<br>  growing perennial edible crops,<br>  self-sustaining in nutrients & pest control,<br>  in a woodland edge wildlife garden” <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — <span class="u-underline">Forest Garden</span> — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? Photo is a bumblebee on an edible [Ice Plant](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Sedum_spectabile) sedum (Hylotelephium spectabile) --- # Characteristics  1. Sustainable 2. Productive 3. Wildlife friendly 4. Layers 5. Perennial <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — <span class="u-underline">Forest Garden</span> — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? Keep it **sustainable**, don’t get burnt out. * Illustration of forest garden in “climax vegetation” * The further right you go, the more energy, less diversity, more fragility * Illustration from Martin Crawford’s book [Creating a Forest Garden](https://www.agroforestry.co.uk/product/creating-a-forest-garden-2/) --- # Principles  1. Work with nature 2. Vegan, organic, natural 3. Native plants where possible 4. People at heart 💚 <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — <span class="u-underline">Forest Garden</span> — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? Photo of [Wild Strawberry](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.54z) (Fragaria vesca) ---  <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — <span class="u-underline">Forest Garden</span> — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> --- class: middle, center # 3. Foraging <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — <span class="u-underline">Foraging</span> — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> --- class: middle ## “Foraging is fundamentally<br>  a journey to freedom” ~ Robin Harford, [Eatweeds](https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/) ??? Also, another lovely quote ### “Observing nature closely can be a grand<br>  passion, but tasting moves that relationship<br>  beyond the platonic… Through the medium of<br>  wild plants, the minerals of the places I love<br>  have been knit into my bones.” ~ Margit Roos-Collins, [The Flavors of Home](https://archive.org/details/flavorsofhomegui00roos) <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — <span class="u-underline">Foraging</span> — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> --- # Your landscape  * Find your part of the world * Eat something wild * Every plant is ‘useful’ * [Plants For A Future](https://pfaf.org/) * [Plant Atlas](https://plantatlas2020.org/) <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — <span class="u-underline">Foraging</span> — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? Photo of [Nettle](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Urtica+dioica) (Urtica dioica) by Maksym Kozlenko on [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urtica_dioica_-_common_nettle.jpg) --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_1280/v1688039510/meadowsweet-230627.jpg" alt="White spray of Meadowsweet flowers coming into blossom"> ??? Photo of [Meadowsweet](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Filipendula+ulmaria) (Filipendula ulmaria) --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_1280/v1684404103/small-leaved-lime-230518.jpg" alt="Soft unfurling Small Leaved Lime leaves"> ??? Photo of [Small Leaved Lime](https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Tilia+cordata) (Tilia cordata) --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_1280/v1552344310/primrose-C5AC0EBA.jpg" alt="Yellow Primrose flowers"> ??? Photo of [Primrose](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Primula+vulgaris) (Primula vulgaris) --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_1280/v1688393125/wild-strawberry-130625.jpg" alt="Small red Wild Strawberry and white flower, close-up"> ??? Photo of [Wild Strawberry](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.54z) (Fragria vesca) by Ivar Leidus on [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fragaria_vesca_-_metsmaasikas.jpg) --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/w_1280/v1688394304/unripe-hazelnut-180715.jpg" alt="Unripe hazelnut on tree"> ??? Photo of [Hazel](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Corylus+avellana) nut (Corylus avellana) by Gareth Halfacree on [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unripe_Hazelnut.jpg) --- class: middle, center # 4. Edible crops <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — <span class="u-underline">Edible crops</span> — Community — Practical steps</h6> --- # Garden native edibles  * Native plant nurseries * Grow them in your garden! * Forage in your garden <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — <span class="u-underline">Edible crops</span> — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? Photo of Wild Thyme (Thymus drucei) by Jerzy Strzelecki on [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thymus_praecox01(js).jpg) ### Nurseries Choose locally grown if you can, to support [ecoregion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoregion) genetic diversity & local economy. * [Celtic Wild Flowers](https://celticwildflowers.co.uk/) - Swansea, UK * [The Wildflower Nursery](https://www.thewildflowernursery.co.uk/) - Pembs, UK * [Norfolk Herbs](https://www.norfolkherbs.co.uk/) - Norfolk, UK * [Lincolnshire Pond Plants](https://lincspplants.co.uk/) - Lincs, UK * [British Wild Flower Plants](https://wildflowers.co.uk/) - Norfolk, UK * [Agroforestry Research Trust](https://www.agroforestry.co.uk/) - Devon, UK * [Mintopia](https://mintopia.bigcartel.com/) - National Plant Collection of Mentha, Cheshire, UK --- # Nativars  * Thornless [Blackberry](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.vzf) * [Hazel](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.r9) * [Raspberry](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.m0t) * [Crabapple](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.c8a) * [Elephant Garlic](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.kxp) <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — <span class="u-underline">Edible crops</span> — Community — Practical steps</h6> --- # Near-natives  * [Italian Alder](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.cr3) * [Sweet Chestnut](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.yx) * [Medlar](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.vnw) * [Good King Henry](https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.vewmg0) * [Apple](https://pfaf.org/User/plant.aspx?LatinName=Malus+domestica) <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — <span class="u-underline">Edible crops</span> — Community — Practical steps</h6> --- # Non-natives  * Everything else! * Native _where possible_ eg * Windbreaks * Ground cover * System plants <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — <span class="u-underline">Edible crops</span> — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? Photo of [Autumn Olive](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Elaeagnus+umbellata) (Elaeagnus umbellata) --- # Edible herbaceous perennials  * [Backyard Larder](https://backyardlarder.co.uk/) * [Incredible Vegetables](https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk/) * [foodforest.garden](https://foodforest.garden) * [Stephen Barstow](http://www.edimentals.com/) <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — <span class="u-underline">Edible crops</span> — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? Photo of [Hopniss](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Apios+americana) (Apios americana) by Cephas on Wikimedia --- class: middle, center # 5. Community <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — <span class="u-underline">Community</span> — Practical steps</h6> --- class: middle ### “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world<br>  all at once, but of stretching out to <b>mend the<br>  part of the world that is within our reach<b>” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés <h6 class="breadcrumb"><span class="u-underline">Agency</span> — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — Practical steps</h6> ??? [Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estés](https://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/index.htm) --- class: middle # **Find** your part of the world! <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — <span class="u-underline">Community</span> — Practical steps</h6> ??? When I asked for help finding site for wildlife allotments, a local town councillor said “There is no land”. But we are **surrounded** by land! --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/v1688140525/churchyard-corner-emlyn-230630.jpg" alt="Corner of churchyard by church"> --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/v1688129748/churchyard-daisies-emlyn-230630.jpg" alt="Daisies on a grave"> --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/v1688140580/old-peoples-home-emlyn-230630.jpg" alt="Grass outside old people's home"> --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/v1688140616/home-corner-emlyn-230630.jpg" alt="Patch of grass round the back of old people's home"> --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/v1688140780/dol-llewellyn-emlyn-230630.jpg" alt="Community garden with raised beds"> --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/v1688140831/beds-emlyn-230630.jpg" alt="Raised beds of community garden up close"> --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/v1688140871/police-station-emlyn-230630.jpg" alt="Tarmac and concrete pots of annual plants outside police station"> --- <img class="full-screen" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/growdigital/image/upload/v1688145011/dentist-emlyn-230630.jpg" alt="Lots of space down the slope from the dentist's carpark"> --- class: middle, center # Find your people! <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — <span class="u-underline">Community</span> — Practical steps</h6> --- class: middle, center # 6. Practical steps <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — <span class="u-underline">Practical steps</span></h6> --- # Practical steps  1. Find your people 2. Find your land 3. Start small, keep going 4. Gardening is for life 5. Get help & funding <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — <span class="u-underline">Practical steps</span></h6> --- # Practical tips  * Paths access all areas * [Tree spacing](/spacing/) * [Windbreaks](/windbreak/) * [Ground cover](/ground-cover/) * [Nutrients](/nutrients/) <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — <span class="u-underline">Practical steps</span></h6> --- # Reference * Robin Harford [Eatweeds](https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/) * [Plants For A Future](https://pfaf.org/user/Default.aspx) * [Plant Atlas](https://plantatlas2020.org/) * [Database of Insects & their Food Plants](https://www.brc.ac.uk/dbif/hosts.aspx) * [Backyard Larder](https://backyardlarder.co.uk/) * [Incredible Vegetables](https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk/) * [foodforest.garden](https://foodforest.garden) * [Stephen Barstow](http://www.edimentals.com/) * [The National Allotment Society](https://www.nsalg.org.uk/) * [The Orchard Project](https://www.theorchardproject.org.uk/) * [Social Farms & Gardens](https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/how-we-can-help/advice-and-support) <h6 class="breadcrumb">Agency — Forest Garden — Foraging — Edible crops — Community — <span class="u-underline">Practical steps</span></h6> --- class: middle, center # The End  <hello@natureworks.org.uk> [natureworks.org.uk/newsletter](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/newsletter)