I was about ten years old and at whole foods and I saw this guy talking about "paradise gardening". He was basically talking about a dummed down version of food forest i could vaguely understand. His name is Anthony Anderson. He inspired me so much! I've been trying to grow a paradise garden since then. Only like 200 square feet of area with a pomegranate/grape/herbs and veggies, but we had our first successful crop this fall - sweet potatoes. Just yesterday I made a dug in hugel bed and planted a winter poly culture(: