“Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them. ”
—Russell Conwell
What is a Food Forest?
A food forest is a diverse, perennial garden that mimics a forest ecosystem and patterns found in nature. Through layers of design, life extends in all directions producing food, medicine, sanctuary, and habitat.
Food forests incorporate 7 layers of edible plants including fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines, rhizomes, mushrooms, and perennial vegetables. A food forest is thoughtfully designed to produce maximum nutrition, beauty and abundance. Each Design is based off the personal wants and needs for each family.
Top Ten Reasons to Grow Food & Medicine By Jim Gale- Founder of Food Forest Abundance
Food Forestry Programs
Food Forest Blueprint
Each Food Forest begins with a design. Once you purchase your blueprint, the design team works directly with you to create the perfect personalized plan for your families needs. These designs can be as simple or as extravagant as you want, but they will always provide health, security, and abundance to your home. After the design team completes a consult with you and finishes your design they’ll reconnect with you for any additions or changes. Designs come in sizes from up to 1/4 acre, between 1/4 to 1 acre, or 1-3 acre blueprints depending on your needs. a family of 4 can be fed for a year on as little as 1/8 acre of a well designed food forest!
Once you have your design, you’re ready to start seeing the fruits of your labor- the design is ready to be installed! You can either install your food forest as a DIY project, or you can have us come and install it for you. When Love & Sunshine installs your new food forest, we’re able to check back in while your new forest is settling in to help keep the forest happy and healthy until it’s ready to be on it’s own.
Indoor Growing Systems
We know that every home and family has different needs and circumstances. We want to find the perfect fit for your home and family. A spare room or basement in your house can be brought back to life with the addition of a completely self-containing indoor food growing system. Indoor systems are perfect for families who may be limited in outdoor space, but do have one or two rooms indoors that could be repurposed into food security rooms. Indoor systems are perfect for households who enjoy daily harvests of fresh herbs, fresh leafy greens, year round tomatoes and much more! By growing food indoors you can be assured highly nutritious harvests no matter the season, weather conditions, or time constraints. Designs from Food Forest Abundance work vertically and intricately with plant combinations to maximize the potential of the space to it’s highest output potential.
Self-Reliance Training
Whether preparing for emergency situations or moving towards empowering a decentralized future there is always more knowledge and skills to learn and share. We look to create a space for families to move away from dependence on systems into freedoms we can pass on to the next generation. Many skills have been lost over the last few generations. Skills that we used to rely on for food, home security, medicine, and clothing. By re-learning these we can find freedom and peace of mind that no matter what the future holds we can live in love and abundance with our local communities.