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Establishing a Food Forest

You can solve all the world's problems in a garden
2008 | 82 min

Learn how to establish your own Food Forest with International Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton as he takes you through the essential stages of designing and building your own garden of Eden from start to finish. Geoff’s video shows the evolution of a food forest from day one up to seven years, thirty years, 300 years and even a 2,000 year old food forest still working in the Middle East.

The film starts with a 20 minute Permaculture Classroom as Geoff explains the patterns of a Food Forest and the essential principles of “time stacking” your garden with the right mix of support species that feed and protect your fledgling fruit trees into maturity. Then, Geoff invites us into the field as he puts the theory into action, planting the seeds and watching the system grow.

We end up at Tagari Farm – established by Permaculture founding father, Bill Mollision – which was abandoned years ago, but planted according to Permaculture design principles. Would this Food Foest survive on its own? You’ll be surprised.

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