Category Archives: Relationship with nature

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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polyculture eyes

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

Above all else a forest gardener needs to be in touch with their garden.  My book ‘the garden of equal delights’ is my attempt to discover the essence of the relationship between a forest gardener and their forest garden, and … Continue reading →

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trust and the forest gardener

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

To trust is to feel confident and able to depend on someone or something (my definition).  And control is a clear marker of the loss of trust.  Forest gardening hinges on the forest gardener learning to trust and giving up … Continue reading →

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healing for broken places and broken people

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

We are all, to some extent, broken by our life experiences; and at the same time through our 21st century lifestyles we contribute to the broken-ness of our world.  These are two halves of the same wound.  And because of … Continue reading →

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re-blogged from the food forest project – the reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

Here is some very welcome good news from the food forest project blog – not about forest gardening / food forests, but about the welfare of the wider ecosystems which we are all ultimately  and inextricably linked with. https://www.thefoodforestproject.org/blog/reintroduction-of-the-eurasian-beaver  

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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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appreciating abundance

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

For the whole of July we have eaten fresh fruit every day – berries and currants of every kind and cooked fruit some days.  The cupboards are stacked with blackcurrant, jostaberry and cherry jam, with redcurrant and whitecurrant jelly, and … 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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today is publication day!

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

It is nearly four years from when I first conceived of the possibility of unearthing some principles underlying forest gardening; there have been many hours, days, weeks, months of writing, re-writing, re-re-writing and editing, who knows how much watching and … Continue reading →

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now is the unfolding of forever

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

My labour of love writing ‘ the garden of equal delights‘  has now come to fruition and I have gathered a few quotes together to give you a flavour of what you will find within: a forest garden “A forest … Continue reading →

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