Food forests are designed to mimic natural forests, and consequently consist of several layers. Groupings of plants, or guilds, in a food forest are selected to satisfy both layers and functions of ...

An ideal forest garden has eight layers of planting ... A diverse ecosystem means more food for birds and other wildlife. You will be feeding yourself with your forest garden ideas, but also ...

"Unlike with commercial farming, we're growing food on multiple layers. A forest has canopy trees, small trees, bushes, ground covers, vines, fungus, things going on in the root zone. The idea is ...