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Plan a Backyard Forest mini-course – Free Udemy Courses

Plan a Backyard Forest mini-course - Free Udemy Courses
Plan a Backyard Forest mini-course - Free Udemy Courses

Plan a Backyard Forest mini-course – Free Udemy Courses

How to map out your wildlife-friendly food forest

What you’ll learn

Plan a Backyard Forest mini-course – Free Udemy Courses

  • Define what a forest garden is and why it’s so important to work with nature
  • Understand the importance of planning in the creation of a forest garden
  • Identify the key elements in surveying a plot for a forest garden
  • Complete a basic map of the plot, using either paper or free CAD software

Requirements

  • Have an interest in gardening and wildlife

Description

Using forest garden techniques, you transform your backyard into a lush food forest, working with nature to grow edible crops whilst creating a wildlife haven.

In this course, we cover:

  1. Food forest garden definition
  2. Reasons to plan
  3. Free PDF plan checklist
  4. How to create a map
  5. Bonus design tips

In this short course, we will look at what a forest garden is and why it’s so important to work with nature when growing edible crops, both for your garden and the wider landscape. The key characteristics of a forest garden are:

  1. Sustainable — self-contained yet connected to the wider landscape
  2. Productive — edible, useful crops
  3. Wildlife friendly — working with nature, by design
  4. Layers — efficient use of available space
  5. Perennial — lower maintenance, higher nutrition

We cover the importance of planning, and the key things to consider when surveying your land. Included is a handy PDF checklist to download. The key areas are:

  1. Position — orientation, elevation & slope
  2. The elements — water, soil, wind, sun & climate
  3. Features — existing ecosystems, structures, utilities & access
  4. Situation — neighbors & privacy

Then we go through the process of creating a map, both a paper one and a CAD map based on a satellite photo, and different measuring techniques. We use QCAD software for the CAD map.

Finally, there are some bonus design tips.

Forest gardening is a sustainable, resilient, and low-maintenance way of gardening. It emulates a woodland edge by using layers of perennial plants, with a permanent living ground cover.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner/intermediate gardeners who are interested in creating their own wildlife-friendly food forest
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