Forest Garden News—2020!

Forest Garden Wales—2020!

January 07, 2020

Forest Garden Wales

Design & Plant.

January is a good time to plant bare root trees & hedging, as they’re cheaper, dormant and will need less watering later on. As well as Agroforestry Research Trust, I can recommend Future Forests for hedging, though do try to buy local.It’s also a good time to strategise, and luckily I have a free mini-course on how to setup your own forest garden plan. Do let me know how you get on.I’ve starting planting our very own nuttery (photo below) and I’ve also been designing for a couple of clients: a large greenfield site in Poland, and a smaller village garden in Northants UK. If you need a forest garden designed, drop me an email [email protected]

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Sapling with cardboard mulch in rough pasture, trees behind

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Forest garden articles

I want everyone to enjoy a wildlife forest garden, whether it’s their own, on an allotment or in a community garden. To achieve this, I want to make forest gardening as accessible as possible.

Part of the plan is creating my

online forest garden course

(due end of January). Another part is to build up a library of forest garden articles as a permanent reference. Below I’ve listed the ones I’ve made so far.

Rootstocks reference

Handy reference, rootstocks determine the height & vigour of a grafted fruit tree. Essential information for planning your forest garden. Also, orangepippin.com is a fantastic database of fruit varieties.

Leaves chopped & mulched around base of tree

Chop ‘n’ drop mulch

Plant 'Bocking 14' comfrey by every demanding fruit tree, then chop ‘n’ drop the leaves couple of times a year to fertilise trees. No composting required.

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