Forest Garden in the Adirondacks

Just wanted to share a video I made of our forest garden project on a 200 acre educational site in the Adirondacks, NY (zone 4a). The video is meant to convey the vibes so there’s no commentary or music, just the actual sounds and video in 4K.



We started this project about 6 and a half years ago. People of all ages and backgrounds share this space, so we’re seizing this opportunity to create a proper demonstration / educational space that teaches the ideas of permaculture, agroecology, regenerative ag, sustainable food production, etc.

We have lots of different edible perennial plants. The canopy layer consists of many varieties of apples, pears, plums, apricots, cherries, buartnut, black locust, oaks, serviceberries, and native support trees like aspens, various conifers, etc. The shrub layer consists of many varieties of blueberries, currants, raspberries, haskaps, seaberry, elderberry, hazelnuts, various native plants, and more. Groundcover consists of things like strawberries, comfrey, Lowbush blueberries and cranberries, various herbs like mint, oregano, thyme, and lots more.

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!

and  INSPIRING!!!

Debbie Ann wrote:ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!

and  INSPIRING!!!

Thanks!

Lovely!  thank you for sharing it

Heather Staas wrote:Lovely!  thank you for sharing it

Thanks Heather, I appreciate it! I feel like this garden is too nice to be kept a secret, and should be shared with others.

Inspiring video Jay, thanks for sharing that here. I love the diversity you've got going on - as do the bees and other insects obviously! I'm looking forwards to seeing how it looks in another 5 years. It's nice you've got the established woodland adjacent to contrast to the new area. Your chard is simply huge! Do you pick much food from the garden yet? How do you organise your group for work and parties....Did you start with a big group to plant it all up and have you managed to keep the members interested as it matures?
Well done.