Elements of a Food Forest Garden

How to Create a Waterwise, Edible Landscape

Join Derek Downey of Whole System Designs as he goes through the steps of creating Pollinators Paradise, a demonstration food forest garden in Dixon, as part of the Solano Sustainable Backyards program.

Food Forest Design

Swale & Berm

Healthy Soil & Sheet Mulching

Planting Fruit Trees

Food Forest Layers

Irrigation

Tools

Edible Landscapes: A Food Forest Garden Q&A

Derek met with Sustainable Solano’s Food Forest Keepers and other interested attendees to talk about food forests and answer questions.

Additional Resources

Use the links below to find more resources

Solano Sustainable Backyards

Green Infrastructure/Garden Programs

Plant Resources (including local nurseries)

Soil Resources

Water Resources

Sustainable Landscaping Professionals

Resources from Derek Downey’s Q&A

Here are some online resources that will help Food Forest Keepers:

Mushrooms:

Global Inventory of Perennial Plants PDFHere is a link to website version and more from the creator of this resource: http://www.perennialsolutions.org/a-global-inventory-of-perennial-vegetables
Here is an Online Nursery of perennial vegetables, based in Humboldt County: https://www.rollingrivernursery.com/component/virtuemart/perennial-vegetables-and-herbs/perennial-vegetables

Fruit Trees
Here’s a excellent resource regarding planting a fruit tree guild: https://www.tenthacrefarm.com/how-to-
build-a-fruit-tree-guild/ 

Soldier Fly Bin/Bio Pod
My Soldier Fly Bin has grubs already since the Q&A! It is a warm-season composting alternative (quickly turn any food waste in to chicken / fish feed). It will not yield much compost (only 5% of feedstock material will remain as castings) as most of the biomass is converted into grub biomass.

Books