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| | Forest gardening - definition of Forest gardening in Encyclopedia |
 | | Forest gardening (also known as 3-Dimensional Gardening) is a food production and land management system based on replicating woodland edge ecosystems, substituting trees (such as fruit or nut trees), bushes, shrubs, herbs and vegetables which have yields directly useful to humankind. | | | He also began to examine the interactions and relationships that take place between plants in natural systems, particularly in woodland, the climax ecosystem of a cool temperate region such as the British Isles. | | | In part based on the model of the Keralan 'home gardens', forest gardening has been pionered by the late Robert Hart, whose one eighth of an acre (500 m²) plot at Wenlock Edge in Shropshire has been described as possibly the only fully developed working permaculture site in the UK. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Forest_gardening
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| | Bibliography |
| | Wildwood: A forest Farm for the Future--Ruth Loomis | | | Rodale's Color Handbook of Garden Insects Anna Carr | | | The Forest Farmer's Handbook: A Guide to Natural Selection Forestry, Orville Camp Sky River Press, Ashland, Oregon 1984 |
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http://www.foodnotlawns.com/recommendedpermaculturebooks.html
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| | Creating Small Habitats For Wildlife In Your Garden |
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http://www.permaculture.co.uk/erc/book_list.html
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