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The Seaford Community Food Forest is a project aimed at creating a community built organic food forest on Council-owned land behind the Riviera Pre-school and Play group, at the end of Newton Street, Seaford Victoria. The food forest will extend across public areas, the pre-school and the play group, thus forming a collaborative enterprise between the pre-school staff and students, the play group parents and children and the wider community. Part of the forest plan, which consists of edible and other plants is a chicken coop to be located in the pre-school with the chickens raised and maintained by the children and staff.
Food forests are as much about community as they are about growing food. Unlike regular community gardens, where each person has their own plot, food forests are a garden created and cared for by the local community as a collaborative activity. A food forest mixes annual and perennial food producing plants with other plants to attract insects and create a self-sustaining ecosystem that requires no chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. Food forest are a way of working with nature to create a highly efficient and productive ecosystem on either a small or large scale.
Unlike regular vegetable growing which often has large bare patches of land, forest gardens are full of life all year round, with a wide a variety of plants and flowers. As you walk around the garden, you are treated to a range of colours, aromas and tastes — if you choose to sample anything on the way.
One of the most successful demonstrations of a food forest is the one created by Angelo Eliades in Northcote. In a small suburban backyard - with only 80 square metres of garden - Angelo consistently produces over 200 kilograms of vegetables a year. Per acre Angelos’ output is six times the average output of commercial wheat farms in Victoria (by weight)
Angelo, Charlie and and other locals have also collectively created a sizable community food forest in Northcote.
At only two years old, the Darebin Food Forest garden is already beautiful. People come from all around the local area to work in the garden and harvest the bounty. And it is regularly full of vistors who have come to learn about sustainable food gardening and to enjoy the garden. The food forest is in Separation St, Northcote - next to the Library.
Food forests are as much about community as they are about growing food. Unlike regular community gardens, where each person has their own plot, food forests are a garden created and cared for by the local community as a collaborative activity. A food forest mixes annual and perennial food producing plants with other plants to attract insects and create a self-sustaining ecosystem that requires no chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. Food forest are a way of working with nature to create a highly efficient and productive ecosystem on either a small or large scale.
Unlike regular vegetable growing which often has large bare patches of land, forest gardens are full of life all year round, with a wide a variety of plants and flowers. As you walk around the garden, you are treated to a range of colours, aromas and tastes — if you choose to sample anything on the way.
One of the most successful demonstrations of a food forest is the one created by Angelo Eliades in Northcote. In a small suburban backyard - with only 80 square metres of garden - Angelo consistently produces over 200 kilograms of vegetables a year. Per acre Angelos’ output is six times the average output of commercial wheat farms in Victoria (by weight)
Angelo, Charlie and and other locals have also collectively created a sizable community food forest in Northcote.
At only two years old, the Darebin Food Forest garden is already beautiful. People come from all around the local area to work in the garden and harvest the bounty. And it is regularly full of vistors who have come to learn about sustainable food gardening and to enjoy the garden. The food forest is in Separation St, Northcote - next to the Library.