What is Permaculture?Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosy stems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems.
What is Forest Garden?
ForestGarden is a gardening design method that taking a natural young forest as a model. It is very sustainable and required less maintenance while can produce a lot of food and products which are useful and important for human livelihood.
The Result of Forest Garden’s Design
1. By imitating “9 layers*” of the forest in the nature, within a limited space, it is possible to produce larger amount of products than the usual modern agricultural methods. 2. By using plants, animals, and insects in the surrounding nature, the need for pesticides and other chemical use can be eliminated. 3. The soil can be nourished with plants and microorganisms in the surrounding nature as well as the symbiosis among them, therefore, the need for chemical fertilizers can be eliminated.4. By utilizing the organic matters which are covering the ground such as herbs or utilizing multi covering method, the growth of weeds can be restricted, therefore, the need for herbicides can be eliminated. 5. The need for labor and the amount of time for maintaining and harvesting the crops can be reduced with the delicate design, the vegetation, etc. (the successful Forest Garden is only take average 10 days a year for the maintenance which is taking about 20 times less time to grow a food than the usual agricultural method) 6. The creatures which are living in the Forest Garden will help generate the variety of local species and the beauty of the nature. 7. By covering all the space of the land with plants, the plants will absorb Carbon and Carbon dioxide enough to cover the necessary amount we need for living. In addition, by using the natural products from Forest Garden, the need of fossil fuel can be eliminated.