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Posts from Forest Garden Wales Blog for 02/28/2019

By [email protected] (Jake Rayson) on Feb 26, 2019 08:12 pm

A quick reference for the multiple layers of a forest garden, because I can only ever remember 3 of them…

@AgroforestryT has a definition of forest gardening and helpfully lists the “seven layers” of a forest garden:

Canopy—highest layer of trees, plan spacing correctly to allow enough light through to understorey
Small trees/shrubs—between & below canopy trees
Shrubs—mostly shade tolerant
Herbaceous perennials—die back in winter, contribute to ground cover
Ground cover—mostly creeping carpeting plants, with some clumping examples
Climbers—require sturdy trees to climb
Rhizosphere—root bearing plants and fungi