Integrated forest gardening
Subtitle: the complete guide to polycultures and plant guilds in permaculture systems
By: Wayne Weiseman, Daniel Halsey, and Bryce Ruddock
Contributors: Halsey, Daniel, author; Ruddock, Bryce, author
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781603584975
Subjects: Edible forest gardens; Permaculture
Other titles: Complete guide to polycultures and plant guilds in permaculture systems
Description: "Permaculture is a movement that is coming into its own, and the concept of creating plant guilds in permaculture is at the forefront of every farmer's and gardener's practice. One of the essential practices of permaculture is to develop perennial agricultural systems that thrive over several decades without expensive and harmful inputs: perennial plant guilds, food forests, agroforestry, and mixed animal and woody species polycultures" --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is integrated forest gardening?; title: The structure of a plant guild; title: Selecting plants for guild design; title: Trees: the essence of the plant guild; title: Designing for optimal species integration; title: Guild project management; title: Case studies: fifteen plant guilds.