@AllSectorsHearThis – cuttings are free, but you'll wait a long time for your fruit. I can't rec Aldi, Lidl and Morrisons enough. Every spring they sell a wonderful range of truly excellent fruit trees at £4 each (Aldi and Lidl) and a fiver at Morrisons. I have a tiny garden, but I've planted a dozen of these trees, which I've espalier, fan and bush trained. The same shops do excellent cheap soft fruit too.
@themightyscythe – there are plenty of more explanatory videos out there, eg, Martin Crawford, Geoff lawton, the old Robert Hart film that is now available on youtube, I just set out to capture a bit of the magic of some urban forest gardens I know of (including my own) rather than produce a 'how to' documentary
I don't have the space to fly a kite but i do have space for a small forest garden… My garden is tiny but I've managed to fit in a few apple trees on dwarfing root stocks as well as various fruit bushes and perennial vegetables and edible leaves. Re this film, one of the forest gardens is on a standard sized allotment, which most city people would have access to, the other 2 are community projects, one being a nursery school in North London, the other a community garden in south London.
Its a sample of their cat purring – tried to paste in a link to PinknRubies website but somehow it seems Youtube won't allow it. Do a Goggle search for more info!
13 thoughts on “Urban Forest Gardens”
Paneka17
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)@AllSectorsHearThis – cuttings are free, but you'll wait a long time for your fruit. I can't rec Aldi, Lidl and Morrisons enough. Every spring they sell a wonderful range of truly excellent fruit trees at £4 each (Aldi and Lidl) and a fiver at Morrisons. I have a tiny garden, but I've planted a dozen of these trees, which I've espalier, fan and bush trained. The same shops do excellent cheap soft fruit too.
bikerchickfrommars
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)bliss! inspirational.
Graham Burnett
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)@themightyscythe – there are plenty of more explanatory videos out there, eg, Martin Crawford, Geoff lawton, the old Robert Hart film that is now available on youtube, I just set out to capture a bit of the magic of some urban forest gardens I know of (including my own) rather than produce a 'how to' documentary
marchbabymimi
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)Beautiful!!
pdsavage
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)great video except the purring sound wich drives me nuts….
Ullbritt
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)wikipedia is your friend
Graham Burnett
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)I don't have the space to fly a kite but i do have space for a small forest garden… My garden is tiny but I've managed to fit in a few apple trees on dwarfing root stocks as well as various fruit bushes and perennial vegetables and edible leaves. Re this film, one of the forest gardens is on a standard sized allotment, which most city people would have access to, the other 2 are community projects, one being a nursery school in North London, the other a community garden in south London.
pookiroo
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)Go fly a kite. Most of us who live in the city don't have near as much space as you…..
Graham Burnett
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)Its a sample of their cat purring – tried to paste in a link to PinknRubies website but somehow it seems Youtube won't allow it. Do a Goggle search for more info!
Rona Sharp
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)Great video – was it a cat purring – or some kind of strimmer?
Graham Burnett
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)its PinknRuby, from their album 'Garden' (song used with permission, both band memebers are working towards their diploma in Permaculture)
Graham Calder
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)This song is great!!!
who is the artist?
zezt
(July 9, 2020 - 3:09 pm)really wonderful and inspiring!