| View this email in your browser | Forest Garden Livestream | Wednesday 3rd March, 10am GMT | Woodland/forest garden | This week, I’m showcasing a small and newly planted woodland garden, which has been planted up mostly with UK native wild flowers. I did manage to sneak a hosta and rhubarb in there as well though 😉 | I’ll be sharing my site considerations and design thoughts, with a reveal of yet another spreadsheet, this time the nascent Wild Flower Spreadsheet. | There will be an informal Zoom chat afterwards at 10.30am, all welcome. | | Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi), photo by AnemoneProjectors | | Livestream | | Zoom Q&A | Zoom link Time: 10.30—11:00am Zoom password: glade
| | Share | | | Forward | | | Wild Flowers livestream recording | Last week’s livestream was ‘Wild Flowers in a Forest Garden’, which has now been uploaded to YouTube. Here are the links from the slideshow: | | | | Complete forest garden course only £99 | 3.5 hours of condensed forest garden knowledge, showing you how to create an edible ecosystem in your own backyard, each step of the way. There’s also a supportive WhatsApp group to help answer any questions you may have. | The slides are freely available on backyardforest.uk and this is the course structure | Intro Why growing edible crops with nature is so important Plan Observations to make, wishes to list & mapping your patch Design How to put things in the right place Protect Windbreaks & other tricks to protect your precious plants Perennial Veg Resilient & low maintenance veg are on the menu Canopy Plant the big trees, the canopy layer Ground Prep Ways to clear the ground, so as to plant your plants Shrubs & Cover Shrubs away & keep the ground covered
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