"Food forest" design is one key example. It involves creating functioning food producing systems that mimic the ecology of natural woodland or forest ecosystems. In food forest design, one ...

Limestone raised beds and a mandala-designed food forest honor resourceful permaculture ... Permaculture Guild co-director Taelor Monroe’s design and berm and swales that direct rainwater ...

Unlike industrial farms that cultivate only one crop or traditional gardens where relentless weeding is gospel, a food forest design recognizes the many layers of a healthy woodland ecosystem.