The forest-garden

This book provides all the keys to create a forest-garden adapted to our climate, regardless of the size of the project: design, planting and maintenance advice; but also a directory of over 500 trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, and climbers, all edible or useful, all cultivable and available locally, and many of them lesser-known.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the English Edition by Rob Hopkins

Foreword to the French Edition by Charles-Hervé Gruyer

HOW DOES AN EDIBLE FOREST WORK?

1. Edible forests

2. Characteristics and productions of an edible forest

3. The effects of climate change

4. Native plants, exotic plants

5. Imitating the forest

6. The fertility of edible forests

DESIGNING YOUR EDIBLE FOREST

7. Soil preparation and planting

8. Producing your own plants

9. Initial design steps

10. Windbreaks

11. Canopy species

12. Designing the canopy

13. Shrubs

14. Planting the shrub layer

15. Herbaceous perennials and ground cover species

16. Designing the herbaceous and ground cover layer

17. Annuals, biennials, and climbers

18. Designing with annuals and climbers

ADDITIONAL DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE ELEMENTS

19. Clearings

20. Pathways

21. Cultivating mushrooms in an edible forest

22. Harvesting and preserving

23. Maintaining the edible forest

24. Routine maintenance

Martin Crawford

Martin Crawford has worked in England for over 20 years in the fields of organic agriculture and horticulture. He is the director of the Agroforestry Research Trust, a foundation studying agroforestry in temperate zones and all aspects of plant cultivation and use, with a focus on trees, shrubs, and perennials grown for food.