Guelph Community Food Forest
Thanks to you! We did it! the Guelph Community Food Forest is in the ground and growing. It was a cold and windy day, but the community came together and planted over 500 trees, shrubs, vines and perennials. The organizing committee can not thank you enough for coming out and showing your support to this worthwhile cause. We look forward to when we can start harvesting food and enjoy the bounty of our hard work.
Guelph Community Food Forest
Location
The food forest is located in University Village Park, 91 Ironwood Rd. in Guelph. This project will design, implement and maintain Guelph’s first Urban Demonstration Food Forest.
What is a Food Forest?
Food forest gardens can be described simply as a mixture of multi-purpose plants that mimic structures of a woodland ecosystem with the goals to achieve a state of abundant diverse yields with minimal external inputs or maintenance.
Purpose of this project
The purpose of this project is to plan, design, implement, and use a demonstration food forest for education purposes on topics of food security, urban green space design, water management, pollinator habitat and natural heritage.