Along with food forests, gardeners are continuing to make their front and backyards more viable and are embracing sustainable ...

Food forests act like a forest of trees with layers of crops from a canopy of fruit trees down to root crops like sweet potatoes. Question: I am very interested in growing a food forest; however, our ...

Forest gardens are designed around layers of trees, shrubs, perennials and ground cover plants used in such a way it reflects the look and feel of a natural forest. They are designed to be a diverse, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X URI intern Allie Douma with volunteer Brandon Doyle, prepping a tree for planting. Credit: Sonia ...

Below the red-tile roofs of the Catalina Foothills, an affluent area on the north end of Tucson, Arizona, lies a blanket of desert green: spiky cacti, sword-shaped yucca leaves, and the spindly limbs ...

Anyone will be able to harvest. Volunteers and students helped launch the project, which was backed by a state grant and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Ben Sinderman, owner of Permanent Yield, a Charleston-based regenerative landscaping company, ...

Dawn Taft reached into a tangle of leafy branches, the top half of her body largely disappearing from view. “Oh my God, pawpaws!” Taft exclaimed, holding back large canoe-shaped leaves to reveal a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For those who love galavanting through the woods, few things are ...

The UMass Lowell Food Forest was established in spring 2024 and is home to a variety of fruit trees, and edible perennial plants. Located at 46 Wilder Street on South Campus, members of the campus and ...

What was once a vacant, roughly 14,700-square-foot lot bordered by homes on South Campus is now blossoming into a vibrant food forest, thanks to the vision of mechanical engineering Ph.D. student ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Below the red-tile roofs of the Catalina Foothills, an affluent area on the ...