Sustainable Living
Food Forests & Edible Landscaping
Replace lawn with fruit trees, perennials, and self-sustaining abundance.
A food forest mimics natural ecosystems — overstory fruit trees, understory shrubs, vines, herbs, and ground cover all working together. Once established it produces food year after year with minimal inputs. South Florida is one of the best climates in the country for this.
Hands-on training
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Design a multi-layered edible landscape suited to Zone 10A.
Trees That Thrive Here
Mango, avocado, lychee, longan, jackfruit, sugar apple, sapodilla, starfruit, citrus (HLB-resistant rootstock), moringa, mulberry, banana, papaya, loquat, pomegranate, Barbados cherry. Plant on mounds — our water table is high.
Understory & Layers
Pigeon pea (nitrogen fixer + edible), cassava, malanga, sweet potato as ground cover, sugar cane, Cuban oregano, cranberry hibiscus, katuk, longevity spinach.
Design Principles
Group plants by water needs, chop-and-drop mulch, build swales to slow rain, let chickens or ducks cycle through to manage pests and fertilize.
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