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Below are events coming up at Food Forests across the DC area. Learn about edible ecosytems and foraging, and connect with other Food Foresters!

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Food forest feasts coming up fall 2022! Flavors and foods you'll find nowhere else. Sept 17, Oct 22. Link in the bio.
Harvesting #shiitakemushrooms and putting in the #solardehydrator with the #umdglobalstewards. Thanks for all your help today and best wishes with your program!
Harvesting #shiitakemushrooms and putting in the #solardehydrator with the #umdglobalstewards. Thanks for all your help today and best wishes with your program!
Young persimmons have a habit of casting most of their fruit. Don't be dismayed if yours do - they'll hold onto it and ripen more of it as the trees grow bigger! #persimmons
A goldfinch enjoying some sunflower seeds. #goldfinch #sunflower
A goldfinch enjoying some sunflower seeds. #goldfinch #sunflower
Check out our Forest Garden Design Poster! Full of great design tips practically and clearly illustrated. Inspire and inform your forest garden projects. The future of the forest!
#pawpaw #shadegrownfruit
Yeah, that’s right, we look like farmers over here. #scythe #strawhat #chewingonwheat? #foodforest #forestgarden #farmerlife
Yeah, that’s right, we look like farmers over here. #scythe #strawhat #chewingonwheat? #foodforest #forestgarden #farmerlife
One of the best berries for shade around here...
Our fruit is berry abundant in June. 🤓 #bluberries #cherries #localfruit #nankingcherry #berrybadjokes
Our fruit is berry abundant in June. 🤓 #bluberries #cherries #localfruit #nankingcherry #berrybadjokes
After a small check in with some @buildnaturally YouTube videos we are on our way to getting all the clay sifted for our #earthenoven. Her guidance is amazing! #naturalbuilding #claysifting
After a small check in with some @buildnaturally YouTube videos we are on our way to getting all the clay sifted for our #earthenoven. Her guidance is amazing! #naturalbuilding #claysifting
Try some foods you might have never had before, with music and good company in a thriving food forest!
Try some foods you might have never had before, with music and good company in a thriving food forest!
Harvesting #lindenflowers for tea. They're so sweet and great smelling, and they're blooming everywhere right now - run out and grab some!!
Harvesting #lindenflowers for tea. They're so sweet and great smelling, and they're blooming everywhere right now - run out and grab some!!
Berry season approaches!
Berry season approaches!
Forest garden tour from early April. So much growth since then! Spring is remarkable.
Forest garden tour from early April. So much growth since then! Spring is remarkable.
Finished up our spring permaculture design course with a forest garden brunch. The weather was blazing hot on Sunday but the pond and the trees made a comfortable spot for us, and the fish ate (almost) all the mosquitoes.
Finished up our spring permaculture design course with a forest garden brunch. The weather was blazing hot on Sunday but the pond and the trees made a comfortable spot for us, and the fish ate (almost) all the mosquitoes.
Gotta love the temperate region! Glendale Road in Bowie, January and May.
Gotta love the temperate region! Glendale Road in Bowie, January and May.
I'm always interested when a native plant holds its own or gains ground against an aggressive non-native plant. Here's one such case! This small patch of #canadawildginger #asarumcanadensis has slowly but surely expanded over the last 10 years while
I'm always interested when a native plant holds its own or gains ground against an aggressive non-native plant. Here's one such case! This small patch of #canadawildginger #asarumcanadensis has slowly but surely expanded over the last 10 years while pushing back the preexisting #periwinkle #vincaminor.
First #shiitakes of the season
First #shiitakes of the season
Conflicting weather reports. I think the sun overrides them both. Happy Spring!!! 🐛#animalweatherforecaster #woolybearcaterpillar #vernalequinox
Conflicting weather reports. I think the sun overrides them both. Happy Spring!!! 🐛#animalweatherforecaster #woolybearcaterpillar #vernalequinox
We finally (2 years later….) got our clay for the earthen oven. Forested is very sandy loam and we have very little clay on site. Stephanie’s nearby Greenbelt food forest has too much clay so we did a little clay-hugelkulture trade. Abra
We finally (2 years later….) got our clay for the earthen oven. Forested is very sandy loam and we have very little clay on site. Stephanie’s nearby Greenbelt food forest has too much clay so we did a little clay-hugelkulture trade. Abram is pictured doing the work because Abram always does a good bit of the work! #hugelkultur #earthenoven #clay #foodforest #nomudnooven
Food forest feasts coming up fall 2022! Flavors and foods you'll find nowhere else. Sept 17, Oct 22. Link in the bio.
Harvesting #shiitakemushrooms and putting in the #solardehydrator with the #umdglobalstewards. Thanks for all your help today and best wishes with your program!
Young persimmons have a habit of casting most of their fruit. Don't be dismayed if yours do - they'll hold onto it and ripen more of it as the trees grow bigger! #persimmons
A goldfinch enjoying some sunflower seeds. #goldfinch #sunflower
Check out our Forest Garden Design Poster! Full of great design tips practically and clearly illustrated. Inspire and inform your forest garden projects. The future of the forest!
#pawpaw #shadegrownfruit
Yeah, that’s right, we look like farmers over here. #scythe #strawhat #chewingonwheat? #foodforest #forestgarden #farmerlife
One of the best berries for shade around here...
Our fruit is berry abundant in June. 🤓 #bluberries #cherries #localfruit #nankingcherry #berrybadjokes After a small check in with some @buildnaturally YouTube videos we are on our way to getting all the clay sifted for our #earthenoven. Her guidance is amazing! #naturalbuilding #claysifting Try some foods you might have never had before, with music and good company in a thriving food forest! Harvesting #lindenflowers for tea. They're so sweet and great smelling, and they're blooming everywhere right now - run out and grab some!! Berry season approaches! Forest garden tour from early April. So much growth since then! Spring is remarkable. Finished up our spring permaculture design course with a forest garden brunch. The weather was blazing hot on Sunday but the pond and the trees made a comfortable spot for us, and the fish ate (almost) all the mosquitoes. Gotta love the temperate region! Glendale Road in Bowie, January and May. I'm always interested when a native plant holds its own or gains ground against an aggressive non-native plant. Here's one such case! This small patch of #canadawildginger #asarumcanadensis has slowly but surely expanded over the last 10 years while First #shiitakes of the season Conflicting weather reports. I think the sun overrides them both. Happy Spring!!! 🐛#animalweatherforecaster #woolybearcaterpillar #vernalequinox We finally (2 years later….) got our clay for the earthen oven. Forested is very sandy loam and we have very little clay on site. Stephanie’s nearby Greenbelt food forest has too much clay so we did a little clay-hugelkulture trade. Abra