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Edible Plant Tour & Food Forestry Demonstration + Q&A

  • Edible Plant Source 390 Brookleigh Rd Victoria, BC, V9E 2J2 Canada (map)

EDIBLE PLANT TOUR & FOOD FORESTRY DEMONSTRATION

Join us for this edible plant tour & sale, learn about 20+ unique food forestry plants, and how to incorporate them into your yard!

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WHY THIS, WHY NOW? 

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  • There’s a new nursery in town (Edible Plant Source), specializing in edible perennial and medicinal plants!

  • We want to introduce you to the nursery & these plants, and show you how to arrange them into a beautiful, low-maintenance edible forest garden, aka food forest. 

  • Food forestry has been called “Gardening for 1000 Years”, and although this is an ancient growing technique, there is no better time than now to create long-term food security for you and your family!

  • “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is today.” - Chinese Proverb  



EVENT OVERVIEW

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  • 10:00am - Edible Nursery & Plant Tour (45 mins) 

  • 10:45am - Food forestry demonstration (30 mins)

  • 11:15am - Q&A (15 mins) 

  • 11:30am -12:30pm - Plant Sale (1hr+) 


WHY "FOOD FORESTRY & EDIBLE PERENNIALS"? 

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  • Food forestry has been called “Gardening for 1000 Years” 

  • Edible perennials are planted once, and harvested for years to come

  • Edible perennials are low-maintenance, hardy, and resilient in an unpredictable climate

  • Beyond food, food forestry can provide herbal medicine, native plant and insect habitat, food for pollinators, erosion control, drought resistance, build soil health, natural pest control, and offers the resilience of a forest ecosystem, with the beauty of an ornamental landscape.


ABOUT YOUR HOSTS: 

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  • Edible Plant Source is a new nursery offering a diversity of hardy edible perennial and medicinal plants for your landscapes and patios.  Our focus is on supporting the growing movement to transition our landscapes using Permaculture and Food Forestry methods to both improve our urban ecological systems and increase food security. www.edibleplantsource.com 

  • Edible Landscapes Design is a team of passionate professionals serving home-owners, business, farms, and diy-ers to design, install, and maintain edible landscapes that nourish the body, feed the soul, and regenerate the land. www.edible.design


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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

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In the edible plant tour, you will learn about 20+ unique food forestry plants, their edibility and uses, characteristics, companions and optimal growing conditions.


Once we’ve completed the plant tour, we’ll move into the food forestry demonstration. We’ll show you how you can incorporate these plants into your garden, demonstrating clear examples of plant guilds, spacing and considerations.

To finish things off, we’ll have an open Q&A session, followed by plant sale so you can take some beautiful and nourishing new plant friends home with you! 



PRICING & REGISTRATION

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This event is offered free of charge, and plants will be available for purchase. Registration is encouraged but not mandatory. 

READY TO JOIN US? REGISTER BELOW!: 

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