Thistles sit at a surprising crossroads between noxious weed and useful food crop: many are edible, some are excellent vegetables or medicinal plants, and a few are best left alone unless you know exactly what you are doing. Their story…
Plants For A Future (PFAF) is delighted to announce a significant update to our free online plant database: an extensive project introducing 946 new and updated entries focused on plants of the American Southwest, including 570 fully revised profiles and…
Many temperate gardens are shifting toward summer-dry, winter-wet conditions: hotter spells, longer dry periods, surprise frosts, and stronger winds. That’s challenging—but also an opportunity to grow delicious, resilient plants that love this pattern. What’s changing—and why it matters to edible…
Our New Book Release – With 20% Off! Food Forest Plants for Mediterranean Conditions 350+ Perennial Plants for Food Forests & Permaculture Gardens (Paperback & eBook) Special Offer: If you’re in the UK or the US, order directly from the…
We’re excited to announce the launch of a powerful new feature on our website: the Native Plant Search by Location — now live and ready to help you discover plants that are not only native to your region, but also…
On 19 June 2024 David and Chris visited the food forest project at Maes Gwyn Farm in North Wales. It was a delightfully warm day and we enjoyed being shown around the site to see the progress Dan and Cherise…
October 2021 to January 2024 by David Gearing The Harmony Garden is a 500 sq m site surrounded by rows of houses and flats in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. The project is facilitated by Wenderlynn and Iain Bagnall of Wyld Edges CIC,…
In August 2022 we awarded the Bridge Farm Forest Garden a grant towards the costs of the next stage they had identified: preparation of a detailed site plan, more weed elimination and control, constructing a pond and a small shelter,…
By David Gearing, April 2023 Tree of Life Veganics in East Kent is a well-established enterprise with strong ethical principles, run by Jo Kidd and her partner Terry. Their objective is to create an off-grid vegan organic, biodiverse, climate resilient,…
by David Gearing, April 2023 Maes Gwyn is a 3.5 acre smallholding in North Wales owned by Dan and Cherise Hunt. It is situated just outside the Snowdonia National Park at an elevation of around 600ft, on the edge of…
