Edible Forest Gardens Vol. II

Table of Contents

List of Worksheets, Tables, and Illustrations
Preface

Introduction: A Forest Gardener’s Tool Kit

1: Issues and Strategies in Forest Garden Design and Management
Design Elements
Ecosystem Dynamics

Feature Article 1: Beneficial Wildlife Habitat Principles

2: A Forest Garden Pattern Language
What is a Pattern Language?
A Forest Garden Pattern Language

Box 2-1: The Oak Beams of New College, Oxford

3: Design Processes 1: Overview, Goals, and Assessments
Design Process Overview
Clear Intentions: Articulating Your Gardening Goals
Basic Mapping For Landscape Design
Site Analysis and Assessment

Feature Article 2: Reading Your Soil Horizons

Box 3-1: Designing Your Design Process

Box 3-2: Tools of the Designer’s Trade

Box 3-3: Bubble Diagramming

Box 3-4: The Scale of Permanence

Worksheet 1: Desired Species Niche Analysis Form

Worksheet 2: Existing Species Niche Analysis Form

4: Design Processes 2: The Design Phase
Four Stages and Four Realms
Design Phase How-To

Feature Article 3: Groundcover Polycultures

5: Site Preparation
Site Preparation
A Rogue’s Gallery of Challenging Site Conditions
A Hero’s Gallery of Site Prep Strategies and Techniques

Feature Article 4: Mulch

6: Garden Establishment
The Order of Events
Staking-Out
Acquiring Plants
Organizing Tools, Materials, and Helpers
Planting Day
Aftercare: Proactive Plant Establishment

7: Management, Maintenance, and Coevolution
Tools of the Trade
Management
Grunt Labor and Its Fruits: Maintenance and Harvesting
Coevolution: The Future of Forest Gardening

Epilogue: A Story of Robert

APPENDICES
Introduction
Appendix 1: Plant Species Matrix
Appendix 2: Species By Use Tables
Appendix 3: Species By Function Tables
Appendix 4: Species of Concern
Appendix 5: Niche Requirements of Beneficial Animals
Appendix 6: Plant Hardiness Zone Maps
Appendix 7: Resources
Glossary
References
Index of Latin Synonyms
Index of Common and Latin Names
General Index