Robert Hart présente les principes de la forêt jardin(vidéos sous titrées en français) Partie… However, he also observed that a small bed of perennial vegetables and herbs they had planted up was looking after itself with little or no intervention. Décédé le 7 mars 2000, il laisse derrière lui l’exemple d’une forêt nourricière modèle, avec plus de 5000 m² de terrain ainsi aménagés sur sa ferme.
Of his plans to expand the original Forest Garden, and his dream of a network of such gardens covering not only Britain but the world, bringing an abundance of natural food, and healing to both peoplekind and the planet. At first the sheer profusion of growth is bewildering, like entering a wild wood. Permaculture Design Certification - Center for Bioregional Living. Starting as relatively conventional smallholders, Hart soon discovered that maintaining large annual vegetable beds, rearing livestock and taking care of an orchard were tasks beyond their strength. • A web tribute to Robert Hart at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 July 2012) Obviously, few of us are in a position to restore the forests…But tens of millions of us have gardens, or access to open spaces such as industrial wastelands, where trees can be planted…and if full advantage can be taken of the potentialities that are available even in heavily built up areas, new 'city forests' can arise.Hart died in March 2000 aged 86 and is buried in St Peter's churchyard at This article is about a botanist. All around is lushness and abundance, a sharp contrast to the dust bowl aridity of the surrounding prairie farmed fields and farmlands. Whilst too early in the year for the apples, plums and pears beginning to swell in the trees, we were surrounded by gluts of black, red and whitecurrants, gooseberries, raspberries and loganberries; as well as a profusion of saladings such as sorrel, lovage, tree-onions, wild garlic, borage, lemon balm and many other herbs.Foraging a meal for the nine of us was an extremely enjoyable task, not like work at all. Inspired by Robert Hart, Graham has helped to create a number of forest gardens, and maintains his own forest garden on an allotment near his home in Essex. Il créa un jardin-forêt modèle de 500 m2 sur sa ferme. He also began to examine the interactions and relationships that take place between plants in natural systems, particularly in woodland, the climax eco-system of a cool temperate region such as the British Isles.
Whereas hectares of land may produce bushel after bushel of but one crop, genetically degraded and totally vulnerable to ever more virulent strains of pest and disease without the dubious protection of massive chemical inputs, just an eighth of an acre of a garden such as Robert’s can output a tremendous variety of yields. The forest garden is an idea whose time has come.”Obviously, few of us are in a position to restore the forests.. In fact, the term didn’t exist until the early 1980s, when it was coined by English horticulturalist Robert Hart. Hart a commencé à cultiver à Wenlock Edge dans le Shropshire avec l'intention de créer un environnement sain et thérapeutique pour lui et son frère Lacon. Robert Adrian de Jauralde HART, est un horticulteur et écologue britannique qui fut l’un des pionniers du concept des jardins-forêts. Robert Hart, pionnier du jardinage forestier Robert Hart pratique le jardin-forêt dans les zones tempérées depuis les années 1960. Robert Hart’s original forest garden in Shropshire continues to hold a fascination for a wide number of people. Situated at Wenlock Edge on the Welsh borders, Robert began the project over thirty years ago with the intention of providing a healthy and therapuetic environment for himself and his brother Lacon, born with severe learning disabilities. To this end, Fern created the organisation Kevin Bradley in the US called his property and nursery "Edible Forest" in 1985, which combined trees and field crops.