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"Weiseman, Halsey, and Ruddock define integrated forest gardening as the 'integration of all aspects of a land base into the development of healthy food, medicinal, and utility landscapes,' giving equal importance to the built environment, the waste stream, animals, plants, and stones. Drawing on their extensive design, consultation, and teaching experience, these three Midwestern permaculturalists discuss plant guilds ('a beneficial grouping of plants that support one another in all their many functions') and their design, optimal species integration, and plant propagation; profile four trees, which are the centerpieces of polycultures; outline the process of implementing a forest-garden design; and detail fifteen plant-guild case studies across hardiness zones 3–9, illustrated with helpful anecdotes. This passionate and practical manual gives landscapers, landscape architects, and householders enough in-depth information and methodology to begin their own experiments with an emerging, ecologically sensitive alternative to conventional horticulture.”—Publishers Weekly
"Reading Integrated Forest Gardening was like taking a walk through a well-orchestrated whole systems design! As a plant enthusiast and systems thinker this book spoke my language. It is rare to find in one book such depth of user-friendly detail. It demystifies the mythical nature of the “Forest Garden’’ and brings its strategies to easy application. This book is a must for all plant lovers."—Jude Hobbs, Cascadia Permaculture
"Integrated Forest Gardening fills a major gap in the canon of permaculture books, giving us, at last, a detailed guide to guild and polyculture design. No longer is this subject mysterious and daunting; in this book we now have specific instructions for designing and installing multi-species plant groups. Chapter 7, which describes 15 guilds and their plant members, is a golden nugget worth the price of the book alone. This is an essential book for all food foresters and ecological designers."—Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
"This rich feast of nature love by three experienced and working permaculture designers pushes into the hard task of creating recombinant ecosystems, a field where few have gone before. The authors expose the logic and lore of working guilds, the symbiotic plant assemblies of productive landscapes. Full of design insight into the needs and opportunities of both plants and the people who live with them, Integrated Forest Gardening offers a panoply of example guilds, work procedures, and luscious images to inspire and guide the perennial food gardener onto a path of ecological renewal.”—Peter Bane, author of The Permaculture Handbook and publisher of Permaculture Activist magazine
"For the design work we do at Midwest Permaculture, when we need experienced advice on planting systems we turn to the three gentlemen who collaborated on this impressive work. The book is thorough, accessible, and timely. So wish we had this insightful compilation when we first started. It’s a gem!"—Bill and Becky Wilson, Midwest Permaculture
“This is an intimate insight into the world of plant guilds. The authors have taken the broad land based overview and zoom the reader into the micro detail of these plant polycultures. Details of root structure, seeding patterns, and relationships with the surrounding environment have been carefully observed and are well laid out in the plant guild lists. This book is an important contribution to every permaculture designer’s library and will appeal to all those wishing to grow sustainable polycultures whether broadscale or in the garden.”—Ben Law, author The Woodland Way and Roundwood Timber Framing
"We stand at a new threshold. The history of food production has tended ever more narrowly towards monoculture, whereas a sustainable future can only be based on polyculture. But we're desperately short of knowledge on polycultures. While mainstream research still chases the chimera of fossil-fueled monoculture, a small band of visionaries is working to develop the knowledge we need to carry us forward to the future. Just such are the authors of this book and the wisdom it contains is part of that movement."—Patrick Whitefield, permaculture teacher and author of The Earth Care Manual
“Integrated Forest Gardening makes the process of creating complex agroecosystems more understandable and achievable. It is a fine guide to designing forest garden and polycultural systems using Permaculture principles.”—Martin Crawford, author of Creating a Forest Garden
About the Author
Daniel Halsey, Author/Designer/ Illustrator is a certified permaculture designer and teacher for multiple academic institutions and organizations. Daniel is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Temperate Climate Polyculture Design and a Masters of Professional Studies in Horticulture. His design work in agro-ecosystems and edible forest gardens began with an introduction to polyculture design in 2003. He is the director of the Permaculture Research Institute/USA. Dan developed the design process used in the book for use in his design business and travels nationally, hired to design, instruct, and consult for planning of intentional communities, agro-ecosystems, and broad-acre restoration.
Dan and Ginny live on a twenty-five acre wetland savannah called SouthWoods, in Prior Lake, where they manage self-sustaining forest gardens of fruiting trees, shrubs and nut crops. SouthWoods incorporates permaculture principals in all aspects of living.
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read observing permaculture design process, integrated forest gardening, polyculture & guilds
I found this as A± for permacu!ture-related design with more thorough drafting processes incorporated with the landscape. I like the way it reads easily, as if the authors are speaking directly to me, easy to understand and good flow, yet with great usable depth in their main topic as titled, which is a bonus, with several examples of these groups. Suggest for beginner reading this subject to make use of glossary on terms as you go for greater interpretations, but not hard. I have previous ed & training, so the read flows well for me. Main purchase purpose is for the design factor, but getting so much more; superb deep dive into the layers of permaculture, polyculture, guilds, forest garden & integration design and more! Wish I'd gotten a hard cover, because this copy will be withering from my overuse. I discovered this reference through YouTube
5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous and exactly what I was looking for.
If you want a plan of how to polyculture & create a forest garden, this is it. The plan. Illustrated and easy to understand. It gives you examples. It's a very concise book. Great compliment to a permaculturalist, forest gardeners, or homesteaders library. I am using it to start my mini backyard forest garden.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift and great for people who do this
Was gift for our son. He said this was the absolute best gift!!! So much knowledge on this book!!
4.0 out of 5 stars Drafting new natural gardens
There is some good info in the book I haven’t seen elsewhere but I had hoped for more guild description so I could better understand integrating more food and medicine into my mature forest. frankly, I got bored of the drafting theme for a natural setting and gave the book to my library.
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it! It seems particularly well suited for the ...
This is well written and covers background, purpose and ideas. But it is even more applicable for those who want to dig in and get started now! I loved it! It seems particularly well suited for the Midwest but of value to anyone seeking to understand permaculture from both principles to hands on "what to do" process.
5.0 out of 5 stars informative
With much of the info coming directly from Permaculture, a designers manual by Bill Mollison, this book gives a simplified account of explanation of forest gardening and some permaculture techniques. It is easy to read and understand. A great book with terrific photos.
5.0 out of 5 stars THE book on permaculture design
This book has taken my permaculture game to the next level! Of course, there is nothing that can replace hands-on experience but this book brings you almost to that point. It has been 6 months since reading this and my hillside garden has taken the leap from being conventional and mundane to being on the path of self sustainability.
3.0 out of 5 stars So I was disappointed. Probably much more useful if you live in ...
Most of the guilds require 50" of rain. so was not written for the west. I wish that was expessed in the description.I live in California foothills and not the desert, our average is only about 32" and lower than that with the drought. So I was disappointed. Probably much more useful if you live in a high rain area. Where we can go 6 to 8 months with out a drop.
Very useful info
Very informative and easy to follow
Good read
Excellent book. explains food forest system very well. Content can be overwhelming for a beginner but if you take things in small steps as suggeested in the book, you can produce a nice amount of self sufficient foods on your own property. Well written book.
Great permaculture design manual
Very informative for anyone interested in permaculture design. so much information about each species of plants so valuable especially to the novice but also for experienced gardeners that might not know this information.See Geoff Lawton interviewing him on a video on Geoff Lawton.com where he really elaborates on permaculture design and programs on the computer for this.Must read for planning food forests.
Permaculture
The book is good. The only bad thing is that there is only a hardiness zone map for the USA, shame ..
Great book to start your own food forrest
If you are interesting in starting a food Forrest big or small this is the book for you.
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Editorial Reviews
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"Weiseman, Halsey, and Ruddock define integrated forest gardening as the 'integration of all aspects of a land base into the development of healthy food, medicinal, and utility landscapes,' giving equal importance to the built environment, the waste stream, animals, plants, and stones. Drawing on their extensive design, consultation, and teaching experience, these three Midwestern permaculturalists discuss plant guilds ('a beneficial grouping of plants that support one another in all their many functions') and their design, optimal species integration, and plant propagation; profile four trees, which are the centerpieces of polycultures; outline the process of implementing a forest-garden design; and detail fifteen plant-guild case studies across hardiness zones 3–9, illustrated with helpful anecdotes. This passionate and practical manual gives landscapers, landscape architects, and householders enough in-depth information and methodology to begin their own experiments with an emerging, ecologically sensitive alternative to conventional horticulture.”—Publishers Weekly
"Reading Integrated Forest Gardening was like taking a walk through a well-orchestrated whole systems design! As a plant enthusiast and systems thinker this book spoke my language. It is rare to find in one book such depth of user-friendly detail. It demystifies the mythical nature of the “Forest Garden’’ and brings its strategies to easy application. This book is a must for all plant lovers."—Jude Hobbs, Cascadia Permaculture
"Integrated Forest Gardening fills a major gap in the canon of permaculture books, giving us, at last, a detailed guide to guild and polyculture design. No longer is this subject mysterious and daunting; in this book we now have specific instructions for designing and installing multi-species plant groups. Chapter 7, which describes 15 guilds and their plant members, is a golden nugget worth the price of the book alone. This is an essential book for all food foresters and ecological designers."—Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
"This rich feast of nature love by three experienced and working permaculture designers pushes into the hard task of creating recombinant ecosystems, a field where few have gone before. The authors expose the logic and lore of working guilds, the symbiotic plant assemblies of productive landscapes. Full of design insight into the needs and opportunities of both plants and the people who live with them, Integrated Forest Gardening offers a panoply of example guilds, work procedures, and luscious images to inspire and guide the perennial food gardener onto a path of ecological renewal.”—Peter Bane, author of The Permaculture Handbook and publisher of Permaculture Activist magazine
"For the design work we do at Midwest Permaculture, when we need experienced advice on planting systems we turn to the three gentlemen who collaborated on this impressive work. The book is thorough, accessible, and timely. So wish we had this insightful compilation when we first started. It’s a gem!"—Bill and Becky Wilson, Midwest Permaculture
“This is an intimate insight into the world of plant guilds. The authors have taken the broad land based overview and zoom the reader into the micro detail of these plant polycultures. Details of root structure, seeding patterns, and relationships with the surrounding environment have been carefully observed and are well laid out in the plant guild lists. This book is an important contribution to every permaculture designer’s library and will appeal to all those wishing to grow sustainable polycultures whether broadscale or in the garden.”—Ben Law, author The Woodland Way and Roundwood Timber Framing
"We stand at a new threshold. The history of food production has tended ever more narrowly towards monoculture, whereas a sustainable future can only be based on polyculture. But we're desperately short of knowledge on polycultures. While mainstream research still chases the chimera of fossil-fueled monoculture, a small band of visionaries is working to develop the knowledge we need to carry us forward to the future. Just such are the authors of this book and the wisdom it contains is part of that movement."—Patrick Whitefield, permaculture teacher and author of The Earth Care Manual
“Integrated Forest Gardening makes the process of creating complex agroecosystems more understandable and achievable. It is a fine guide to designing forest garden and polycultural systems using Permaculture principles.”—Martin Crawford, author of Creating a Forest Garden
About the Author
Daniel Halsey, Author/Designer/ Illustrator is a certified permaculture designer and teacher for multiple academic institutions and organizations. Daniel is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Temperate Climate Polyculture Design and a Masters of Professional Studies in Horticulture. His design work in agro-ecosystems and edible forest gardens began with an introduction to polyculture design in 2003. He is the director of the Permaculture Research Institute/USA. Dan developed the design process used in the book for use in his design business and travels nationally, hired to design, instruct, and consult for planning of intentional communities, agro-ecosystems, and broad-acre restoration.
Dan and Ginny live on a twenty-five acre wetland savannah called SouthWoods, in Prior Lake, where they manage self-sustaining forest gardens of fruiting trees, shrubs and nut crops. SouthWoods incorporates permaculture principals in all aspects of living.
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read observing permaculture design process, integrated forest gardening, polyculture & guilds
I found this as A± for permacu!ture-related design with more thorough drafting processes incorporated with the landscape. I like the way it reads easily, as if the authors are speaking directly to me, easy to understand and good flow, yet with great usable depth in their main topic as titled, which is a bonus, with several examples of these groups. Suggest for beginner reading this subject to make use of glossary on terms as you go for greater interpretations, but not hard. I have previous ed & training, so the read flows well for me. Main purchase purpose is for the design factor, but getting so much more; superb deep dive into the layers of permaculture, polyculture, guilds, forest garden & integration design and more! Wish I'd gotten a hard cover, because this copy will be withering from my overuse. I discovered this reference through YouTube
5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous and exactly what I was looking for.
If you want a plan of how to polyculture & create a forest garden, this is it. The plan. Illustrated and easy to understand. It gives you examples. It's a very concise book. Great compliment to a permaculturalist, forest gardeners, or homesteaders library. I am using it to start my mini backyard forest garden.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift and great for people who do this
Was gift for our son. He said this was the absolute best gift!!! So much knowledge on this book!!
4.0 out of 5 stars Drafting new natural gardens
There is some good info in the book I haven’t seen elsewhere but I had hoped for more guild description so I could better understand integrating more food and medicine into my mature forest. frankly, I got bored of the drafting theme for a natural setting and gave the book to my library.
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it! It seems particularly well suited for the ...
This is well written and covers background, purpose and ideas. But it is even more applicable for those who want to dig in and get started now! I loved it! It seems particularly well suited for the Midwest but of value to anyone seeking to understand permaculture from both principles to hands on "what to do" process.
5.0 out of 5 stars informative
With much of the info coming directly from Permaculture, a designers manual by Bill Mollison, this book gives a simplified account of explanation of forest gardening and some permaculture techniques. It is easy to read and understand. A great book with terrific photos.
5.0 out of 5 stars THE book on permaculture design
This book has taken my permaculture game to the next level! Of course, there is nothing that can replace hands-on experience but this book brings you almost to that point. It has been 6 months since reading this and my hillside garden has taken the leap from being conventional and mundane to being on the path of self sustainability.
3.0 out of 5 stars So I was disappointed. Probably much more useful if you live in ...
Most of the guilds require 50" of rain. so was not written for the west. I wish that was expessed in the description.I live in California foothills and not the desert, our average is only about 32" and lower than that with the drought. So I was disappointed. Probably much more useful if you live in a high rain area. Where we can go 6 to 8 months with out a drop.
Very useful info
Very informative and easy to follow
Good read
Excellent book. explains food forest system very well. Content can be overwhelming for a beginner but if you take things in small steps as suggeested in the book, you can produce a nice amount of self sufficient foods on your own property. Well written book.
Great permaculture design manual
Very informative for anyone interested in permaculture design. so much information about each species of plants so valuable especially to the novice but also for experienced gardeners that might not know this information.See Geoff Lawton interviewing him on a video on Geoff Lawton.com where he really elaborates on permaculture design and programs on the computer for this.Must read for planning food forests.
Permaculture
The book is good. The only bad thing is that there is only a hardiness zone map for the USA, shame ..
Great book to start your own food forrest
If you are interesting in starting a food Forrest big or small this is the book for you.
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