Food Forest Gardens
by Michael Stroud, Natural Resources Commissioner St. Charles, with its accessible riverfront and magnificent open spaces is a beautiful place to call home, and we have a responsibility to take care of and enhance the gift given to us by nature. One way to do this is through the creation of food forest gardens. The first and most well-known, successful food forest garden is Carver Edible Park in Asheville, North Carolina, established in 1997. It hosts over 40 varieties of fruit and nut trees and berry bushes. A huge vegetable garden is planted annually,… Read More Food Forest Gardens