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-# Forest gardening+This topic is part of [[gt:gardening|Gardening, smallholding & farming]]. 
 +====== Forest gardening ======
  
  
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-## What is forest gardening?+===== What is forest gardening? =====
  
 It’s gardening in a way intended to mimic a natural forest ecosystem, except that the species chosen are mainly edible. Some will be chosen for other reasons too – for example firewood, nitrogen fixing, flowers or medicines. It’s gardening in a way intended to mimic a natural forest ecosystem, except that the species chosen are mainly edible. Some will be chosen for other reasons too – for example firewood, nitrogen fixing, flowers or medicines.
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-## What are the benefits of forest gardening?+===== What are the benefits of forest gardening? =====
  
 At present most of our food needs are met by giant agri-businesses who use monoculture systems to produce fruit and vegetable crops. These systems are heavily dependent on oil, pesticides and synthetic fertilisers, and are slowly eroding and polluting our soils and watercourses. Forest gardening presents a different approach to food production, that: At present most of our food needs are met by giant agri-businesses who use monoculture systems to produce fruit and vegetable crops. These systems are heavily dependent on oil, pesticides and synthetic fertilisers, and are slowly eroding and polluting our soils and watercourses. Forest gardening presents a different approach to food production, that:
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-## What can I do?+===== What can I do? =====
  
-### Possibilities+==== Possibilities ====
  
 - Transform an underused part of your garden into a mini forest garden; this could be a marginal piece of land at the bottom of your garden, beside the garage, behind the shed, a shady side of the house or where the children build dens. - Transform an underused part of your garden into a mini forest garden; this could be a marginal piece of land at the bottom of your garden, beside the garage, behind the shed, a shady side of the house or where the children build dens.
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-### Preparation+==== Preparation ====
  
 - Carefully observe your garden, and how it changes through the year. - Carefully observe your garden, and how it changes through the year.
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-### Getting started+==== Getting started ====
  
 - Make a base map (plan of existing area, looking at aspect, existing structures/plants, type of soil and elevation). - Make a base map (plan of existing area, looking at aspect, existing structures/plants, type of soil and elevation).
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-## Further resources+===== Forum ===== 
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 +This topic belongs to the section [[gt:gardening|Gardening, smallholding & farming]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/gardening). 
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 +===== Further resources =====
  
 - [National Forest Gardening Scheme](https://nationalforestgardening.org/) - [National Forest Gardening Scheme](https://nationalforestgardening.org/)
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-## Related topics+===== Related topics =====
  
-- [Fruit trees & orchards](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/frui/fruit_trees) +- [Fruit trees & orchards](frui:fruit_trees) 
-- [Herbs](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/herb/herbs) +- [Herbs](herb:herbs) 
-- [Keeping livestock](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/livs/livestock) +- [Keeping livestock](livs:livestock) 
-- [Nuts & nut trees](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/nuts/nuts) +- [Nuts & nut trees](nuts:nuts) 
-- [Permaculture](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/prmc/permaculture) +- [Permaculture](prmc:permaculture) 
-- [Seed saving](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/seed/seed_saving) +- [Seed saving](seed:seed_saving) 
-- [Smallholding](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/smho/smallholding) +- [Smallholding](smho:smallholding) 
-- [Soft fruit](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/soft/soft_fruit) +- [Soft fruit](soft:soft_fruit) 
-- [Soil management](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/soil/soil) +- [Soil management](soil:soil) 
-- [Urban / small space gardening](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/urbs/small-space_gardening) +- [Urban / small space gardening](urbs:small-space_gardening) 
-- [Vegetable growing](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/vegg/vegetable_growing) +- [Vegetable growing](vegg:vegetable_growing) 
-- [Tree/woodland management](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/wodl/woodland_management)+- [Tree/woodland management](wodl:woodland_management)
  
  
-## Specialist curators of this topic+===== Specialist curators of this topic =====
  
  
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