FOOD FORESTS for Cold Climates
Sat, Jun 28
|greengate Garden Center
Plant a productive and nurturing forest garden for an edible landscape that functions like a natural ecosystem and produces abundant harvests year after year!
Time & Location
Jun 28, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
greengate Garden Center, 14111 Macleod Trail, Calgary
About The Event
Tired of seeing your lawn take up valuable real estate?
Food-scape your yard for Long-Term Abundance!
Future-proof your yard by planning and planting an edible landscape! By following nature’s example, we can design abundant, productive and layered landscapes that provide for our long-term needs and have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural, healthy ecosystems.
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A FOOD FOREST, or forest garden, is a grouping of multi-layered plant species that work together to support the health of the whole system, while providing you with abundant food sources! Unlike a natural forest, however, the edible landscape is designed to allow plenty of sunlight in, anchored by trees chosen for their ability to produce fruit, habitat, or other services. Supporting these main species are a myriad of other plants that perform important ecosystem functions, provide food, support pollinators, protect the soil and add beauty. Creating beautiful, functional and nurturing landscapes that you…
Tickets
General
CA$149.00
Total
CA$0.00