Plan a Backyard Forest mini-course – Free Udemy Courses
How to map out your wildlife-friendly food forest
What you’ll learn
Plan a Backyard Forest mini-course – Free Udemy Courses
- Define what a forest garden is and why it’s so important to work with nature
- Understand the importance of planning in the creation of a forest garden
- Identify the key elements in surveying a plot for a forest garden
- Complete a basic map of the plot, using either paper or free CAD software
Requirements
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Have an interest in gardening and wildlife
Description
Using forest garden techniques, you transform your backyard into a lush food forest, working with nature to grow edible crops whilst creating a wildlife haven.
In this course, we cover:
- Food forest garden definition
- Reasons to plan
- Free PDF plan checklist
- How to create a map
- Bonus design tips
In this short course, we will look at what a forest garden is and why it’s so important to work with nature when growing edible crops, both for your garden and the wider landscape. The key characteristics of a forest garden are:
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Sustainable
— self-contained yet connected to the wider landscape -
Productive
— edible, useful crops -
Wildlife friendly
— working with nature, by design -
Layers
— efficient use of available space -
Perennial
— lower maintenance, higher nutrition
We cover the importance of planning, and the key things to consider when surveying your land. Included is a handy PDF checklist to download. The key areas are:
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Position
— orientation, elevation & slope -
The elements
— water, soil, wind, sun & climate -
Features
— existing ecosystems, structures, utilities & access -
Situation
— neighbors & privacy
Then we go through the process of creating a map, both a paper one and a CAD map based on a satellite photo, and different measuring techniques. We use QCAD software for the CAD map.
Finally, there are some bonus design tips.
Forest gardening is a sustainable, resilient, and low-maintenance way of gardening. It emulates a woodland edge by using layers of perennial plants, with a permanent living ground cover
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Who this course is for:
- Beginner/intermediate gardeners who are interested in creating their own wildlife-friendly food forest
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