Design Consulting

Garden Landscape and Site Assessments...
At the beginning, a perfect place to start creating your dream landscape. We can provide the experience necessary to help you envision a design that is right for your place.

Plant, Polyculture and Guild Design... Knowing your site can inform how and which plants fit into your landscape design. We will be there with you when you are choosing the plants.

Garden, Farm and Landscape Installations... Once the design has been finalized, and plants are known, it's time to put them in the ground. Our knowledgeable team at Food Forest Farm will insure the plants are placed safely in their new home. See the Holyoke Edible Forest Garden via video, co-designed with Eric Toensmeier.

Workshops and Skillshares

Edible Forest Garden Training... Interested in more then what you can read in a book? At Food Forest Farm there is an opportunity to learn by doing. We have half day, full day, weekend, and week long workshops available throughout the year. Contact us for our scheduled program, or if you would like a custom training in your community. Video from the 2009 Fall Workshop.

Growing Gourmet Mushrooms... Delicious mushrooms can be grown by anyone, in the garden, on logs, or in a bag. We can come to your location, or you can attended many preplanned events. Contact us today.

Wild Mushroom and Plant Walks... Ever wondered what those colorful fungi are that pop above the forest floor (some are edible)... How about where to find wild asparagus or wild leeks? Well let's take a walk and find out. Contact us for a planned walk or schedule your own.

Reading the Landscape Walks... The landscape around our homes and communities can tell us many things. While walking through the forest, one can see into the past, or gain useful knowledge to predict the future. Fun for young and old alike. Contact us for more information.

Food Forest Farm

Farming with Food Forests in Cold Climates... The presentation (.pdf file). Check out this presention of Food Forest Farm's history, design process, and site expansion last year. 2010 scheduled public workshops: NOFA MA and VT winter conferences, Portland Maine Permaculture March 2010.

Botanical Garden Tours... The Permaculture Nursery at Food Forest Farm is our most popular attraction. Come take a tour and see an Edible Forest Garden in its full glory. Step into a modern day Garden of Eden! We welcome your interest, to visit the Farm, please contact us to make an appointment.

Plant Use and Identification... Hands on experience is the best way to get to know, successfully grow, and use the plants from our farm. We would love to have you come to the farm and ask questions, and see the plants growing in well established gardens. When you by that potted plant, you never really know what it will look like as an adult... come see them in real life!