Building a Food Forest: Design to Maturity

What is a Food Forest?A food forest (also called a forest garden) mimics the structure and ecology of a natural forest, with each layer occupied by productive food plants. It is the most sustainable and ultimately the lowest-maintenance form of food production — once established, the system becomes largely self-fertilising, self-mulching, and self-regulating.The Seven LayersCanopy (tall fruit trees — apple, pear, mulberry, fig, persimmon). Sub-canopy (smaller trees and large shrubs — dwarf…