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Food Forest Courtyard in the WACC

Our Landscape Management class has been given the opportunity to renovate a courtyard on our school grounds. As a teacher, it is my duty to equip students with useful skills for their future. Providing one’s own food is a Basic Life Skill that everyone should know. So we have decided to create a Food Forest using Foodscaping techniques.




A Food Forest is a low-maintenance, sustainable, food production system that mimics woodland ecosystems, incorporating fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines, perennial and annual vegetables which have yields directly useful to humans.

Foodscaping is transitioning traditional landscapes, like lawns, shrubs, and flowerbeds into an edible garden which provides food and nutrients to humans and incorporates plant biodiversity which benefits our environment. By simply taking a traditional landscape and tucking food plants in here and there, you create a yard that is more than just a pretty face. It can feed you.


The majority of food and herbs grown in the Food Forest will be given to the on-site food pantry and to our student-run restaurant, The Blue Apron. However, the Food Forest will be accessible to all students who are free to wander through the courtyard between classes and enjoy their lunchtime out of doors. They will be able to pick blueberries and other fresh produce to add to their lunch or enjoy a fresh snack during art class while they draw or paint using our beautiful Forest as their inspiration.

Because a better part of our plants will be open-pollinated, heirloom varieties which will enable students to save seeds from the plants we grow and grow them at their own homes thereby increasing their self-reliance. No fancy equipment required!  They will only need soil, sun and rain to step onto the path of self-sufficiency.

Should students pursue Landscape Management after high school, they will have two different skill-sets, Landscape Design AND Foodscape Design. They can create their own niche market with little competition while also teaching others how to grow their own food thus creating a more self-reliant population.

We will use the donations for Mulch, Path materials, Soil, Plants, Seeds, Trees, a Water Feature, a Shed, (all totally $8000) and hopefully  a Greenhouse (an additional $12,000)!


This is our Schematic Design

These are the seeds/plants/trees we'll be working with.

Scented Geranium
Rose
Lavender
Daylily
Hyssop
Lemongrass
Yarrow
Garlic Chives
Oregano
Valerian
Rosemary
Sweet Violets
Creeping Thyme
Bee Balm
Grapes
Honeysuckle
Cranberry
Blueberry
Lemon Verbena
Currant
Peppermint
Comfrey
Plants Total
Licorice
Garlic
Rhubarb
Vervain/Verbena
Lemon Balm
Echinacea
Alpine Strawberries
Asparagus
Marshmallow
Corsican Mint
Chicory
Clover
Sage
Hollyhocks
Calendula
Pumpkin
Pole Beans
Malabar Spinach
Cucumber
Zucchini
Peas
Brussel Sprouts
Radish
Chamomile
Parsley
Dill
Beets
Mixed Greens/Lettuces
Cilantro
Black Cumin
Tomato
Banana Pepper
Bell Pepper
Broccoli
Carrot
ButternutSquash
3 xPawpaw Trees
2x Nectarine Trees
3x Elderberry Trees
2x Dwarf Apple Trees
2x Dwarf Peach Trees
2x Dwarf Cherry Trees


Thank you for any help you can give!



Organizer

Valle Stevens Kincaid
Organizer
Warsaw, IN

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