Fowey

No-Dig for Victory Garden

Dig-For Victory for the 21st century... 

Food Forest concept created in Fowey, scaled down appropriately, using the combination of principles used in Edible Landscaping. Every single implemented plant is edible. Garden is comprised mostly of perennial edible planting schemes with some annual beds. The goal is to grow as much sustainably produced, organic food as possible in an ecological way with minimal maintenance. The result is a Willy Wonka-esc, Food Forest, ecosystem that supplies a diverse range of fruits, salads, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms and more. All the beds in the garden were created using a No-Dig method and the garden also contains bug hotels and bird boxes. An ecological garden that is also highly productive. Feature plants include; Brassica oleracea (wild cabbage,) Zingiber mioga (hardy ginger) and Morus matsunaga (dwarf mulberry.)

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Design Concept:

​The design is inspired by edible gardens, such Martin Crawfords edible forest garden: and adopts a different themes in each bed. I wanted to grow as much food as possible but also prove that edible gardens can be beautiful and can be designed adopting different themes. 

Brief:

The brief was to design and create a new planting scheme to grow as much food as possible in the garden.

​-North facing, the site contains both full sun and partial shade areas.

-Soil  PH was 7.5 and was clay. 

-Set in Fowey, the site is semi coastal, 

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