Start Your Own Food Forest!
Start Your Own Food Forest! Come learn, practice and take home your very own Fruit Tree Guild.
What is a guild? In this context a guild is a group of supporting plants that will grow well together and give multiple forms of food and other plant products like fiber, medicine, dye, etc.
- LEARN: Food Forest Design/Designing Modular Fruit and Nut Tree Guilds
- Learn the role and types of…
- Tall trees
- Shrubs
- Herbs
- Groundcovers
- Fungi
- Vines
- EXPERIENCE: Hands-On Demonstration of 2 Different Fruit Tree Guilds On-Site
- Sun orientation
- Water considerations
- Wind and wildlife
- Mulching and soil prep
- Planting
- TAKE HOME: You Get Free Plants with Purchase of the Landowner Package Including;
- One plant each of (1) Pawpaw or (1) Serviceberry
- Elderberries (1), Currants (1), and Strawberries (3)
- Three plants each of 3 different perennial herbs and 3 different annual vegetables (18 total)
- One 5 gallon bucket of Winecap edible woodchip fungi
- Handout with all relevant information
- This is a perfect “guild” to place around existing fruit and nut trees
- Or you can purchase a choice cultivar of your favorite fruit or nut tree and use this guild to support it’s growth
- And more!
Location: 6633 Stoney Creek Rd. Ypsilanti Township – aka “Dawn Farm”. Park around back and find us in the picnic area/shelter
Date: April 13th and April 21th from 12-2pm. You can choose when you purchase below.
What To Bring:
- We will be planting in the dirt so gloves, hat, water, sunscreen, good shoes, towel and whatever else you require
- If you want Winecap Fungi to take home, bring an empty 5 gallon bucket
- We will have tools and materials
Spring Plant Guild Workshop
Price range: $40.00 through $75.00
Start your own food forest! Learn And Take Home Your Own Fruit Tree Guild.
Additional information
| Registration | Participant (Workshop Only), Landowner (Workshop + Plants) |
|---|---|
| Workshop Date | April 13, 2024, April 21, 2024 |