Re-forestgarden is the synthesis of the two most important aspects in sustainable gardening:

Reforesting and forest gardening.

It is the integration of the existing agricultural practises of organic gardening and permaculture with the need to grow sustainable resources as timber, biomass and firewood. Forest gardening is a food production and land management system modelled on the natural vegetation of Britain: woodland. By replicating a forest ecosystem with useful trees, shrubs, herbs and vegetables, one is able to work with the forces of nature rather than to fight against them.

Re-forest gardening is the future:

- It eliminates the need for insecticides by choosing plants that attract natural predators to control pests, by choosing the best companion plants and by diversifying lots of different species.

- It eliminates the need for artificial fossile fuel based fertilisers by growing the best composting plants and refining composting techniques.

- It eliminates the need for weed killers and limits the need for laborious weeding by growing ground covering and allelopatic plants and using weeds as a useful resource of nutrients.

- It is a low maintenance technique because of the choice of perennials and self-seeding annuals.

- It increases the beauty of the garden by allowing birds, insects and amphibians to play their essential role of pest control, of fertilisation and of spreading seeds.

- No need to drain land and destroy a naturally wet habitat. Shady and wet places that are unsuitable in conventional farming techniques produce succesful crops in a forest garden setting.

- Diversity in the production makes sure there is fresh food in the garden all year round.

- It brings our carbon footprint within sustainable levels by minimising and -ideally- eventually eliminating the need for fossil fuels and by growing renewable resources.

- It makes maximum use of space by growing plants in up to 7 layers.

*Canopy: Trees and shrubs are the backbone of the forest garden. The canopy consists of the tallest of these. Fruit and nut trees are a great edible choice.
*Under story (low-tree layer): Dwarf fruit and nut trees.
*Shrub Layer: Woody plants such as raspberries.
*Herbaceous Layer: herbs and perennial vegetables.
*Vertical Layer: climbing plants and vines.
*Ground layer: Ground cover creepers, no more than half a foot tall.
*Rhizosphere: Root plants such as carrots, beets, and Jerusalem artichokes.

Re-forest gardening is the best gardening technique for both people and planet. It is organic, healthy, beautiful, ethical, low-carbon, sustainable, ecological, part of -not detrimental to- the eco-system, it makes maximum use of space and it is low maintenance.