Design & Build a Food Forest

Join local garden coach, Katie Vincent of Tending Alive to learn how to design and build a food forest in your own backyard. We’ll learn the basics of ecological gardening + plant communities. Together, we will explore The Duvall Food Forest to see these principles in action—meeting a variety of perennial edible plants along the way. At the end of the workshop, we will take a hands-on approach to apply our learnings as we plant a new part of the food forest together. You will walk away with a short guide on how to build a food forest, and more confidence to design + create a thriving plant community that feeds you in return. Participants can expect to learn:

• Basic principles of ecological gardening and food forestry.

• Tools and techniques for engaging the ecological design process.

• Local plant communities and their functions.

• Perennial and edible plant varieties appropriate to our…