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Lockdown options for more natural resilience
How lockdown can bring us closer to ourselves and our natural environment. Now that the coronavirus pandemic has...
Video workshop: food forest edge in your garden
Want to know how to create a food forest edge in your garden? In this video workshop, I’ll show you how to grow more...
How do we care? Foodforest care manifesto.
In these sensitive times, my reflections often are about care. How do we care? How do we care for ourselves? For the...
What do Easter and mushrooms have in common?
The line between life and death is thin on Easter. I once learned that Jesus rose on this day. We see this in our food...
Reflections on health in relation to food forests.
In times of restrictions on freedom (face masks, curfew), I’m inspired to share with you about illness and health from...
DIY LEVEL TUBE for your food forest🍏🍎🍐🍒
In early 2024, just before the ground hardened, we installed wells at a future food forest in Lille. It’s amazing how...
Blueberries at last! De Kwacht Food Forest, who would have expected that?
Voedselbos De Kwacht heeft een heel specifiek terrein om mee te werken en dat vinden wij tof bij Eetbaar Landschap....
Steps to a sound food forest design – STEP 1
Stap 1 – Vooronderzoek van je terrein 🌿 A successful food forest doesn’t start with planting, but with understanding....
Steps to a sound food forest design STEP 2
Steps to a sound food forest design – Step 2 – Observing your terrain 🌿👀 A good food forest design is created by...
Steps to a sound food forest design – Step 3 – Customer interview
Designing a food forest is a fascinating process that requires both ecological knowledge and a deep understanding of...
Food forests: places of connection
Food forests are ideal places to connect with life—the life that we are and the life that surrounds us. When we...
🌿 Steps to a sound food forest design Step 5 – The Planting Plan & The Plant List: From vision to a living system
A food forest isn’t just a collection of trees and shrubs. It’s a carefully constructed ecosystem where plants work...
🌿 Steps to a sound food forest design Step 4 – The Zoning Plan: Build a network of natural cooperation
A food forest doesn’t just grow. It’s a living, collaborative system where every space plays a role and allows energy...
Steps to a sound food forest design
Step 6: The Construction – From Dream to Living Landscape Het moment is aangebroken. Na observatie, tekenen en...
Something wonderful is happening beneath our feet – Six practical keys for a living soil (+ step-by-step plan)
Healthy plants thrive in living soil. But such soil requires care, insight, and patience. Here are six keys to making...
A miracle is brewing beneath our feet
We walk over it every day. Sometimes without realizing it. But beneath our feet—there lives something that makes our...
Food forest policy in Flanders: what is already possible, and what are the shortcomings?
The call for regenerative agriculture is growing. More and more people want to create food forests—among other things...
The power of observation
In this short but powerful video, I explain why observation is the foundation of every edible landscape. Before we...