Category Archives: forest garden development

sensitive co-creativity

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Anni Kelsey

Nature invigorates, sustains, rejuvenates the forest garden, the forest gardener is there to see and to experience and then to react in as sensitive a way as they can.  My partner and I don’t (unfortunately) live here in Wales all … Continue reading →

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polyculture learning

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Anni Kelsey

Recently I have published number of posts on topics such as ‘polyculture eyes’, trust, and welcoming the wild.  However that is not to say that forest gardening is all or only about allowing nature to have a free for all … Continue reading →

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where is the wild?

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

The unchallenged perception we have all grown up with is to see nature on one ‘side’ and people on the other ‘side’; meaning that the ‘natural world’ is that remnant which is not under the jurisdiction or control of people.  … Continue reading →

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firmly rooted in mother earth

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

When I planted my fruit trees I did not pay heed to the conventional gardening advice.  I did not use any compost in the planting holes, I did not stake them or use tree guards.  I left these activities un-done … Continue reading →

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15 August 2020 – a brief snapshot

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

I took the pictures below yesterday in response to a Facebook request by someone who wanted examples to show other people.  They show one part of the garden just as it was and these plants are visible (or invisible) within … Continue reading →

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hope, expectation, trust

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

We plant and sow our forest gardens in hope – hope of achieving our various goals, be they biodiversity, abundance, beauty and more.  Nevertheless experience guides our expectations and we understand the likelihood of all manner variability and vulnerability.  And yet, … Continue reading →

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foundations for fruitfulness

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

Over the last two weeks or  so we have had persistent, relentless rain or battering winds or, at times, both!  However one evening recently there was a short, warm, sunny interlude and I went out to spend time in the … Continue reading →

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filling in the gaps

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

I have just been reading through my old posts and realise there are some gaps to fill in – about filling in the gaps! When I first planted fruit trees in the garden I had planned for them to be … Continue reading →

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Garden journal – 6 October 2017

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Anni Kelsey

I did some ‘work’ in the garden today.  Not counting minor interventions like taking off dock leaves and flowering stems it was the first time I had done anything since pruning the fruit trees and removing the flowering stems from … Continue reading →

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Tiny fruit trees – summer 2017

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Anni Kelsey

I am growing the fruit trees in my garden as ‘tiny fruit trees’ according the to method of Anne Ralph and as described in previous posts here and here. All these fruit trees are planted in polycultures of other fruits, … Continue reading →

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