Forest Gardening at Dovehouse Gardens – 2 day course

A 2 part short course to introduce forest gardening, taught by Ryan Sandford-Blackburn, who has been forest gardening for 12 years. He holds a permaculture design certificate. Growing to meet human need in a diverse set-up.

Saturday 25 April and 16 May 2026, 10am-1pm.

You can use the forest garden approach at different scales – from a garden bed to allotment or field.

Imagine trees, shrubs, herbs, all growing supportively together providing abundance for us in the form of food, medicine, fuel, fibre and more. Forest gardens are beautiful and build a living soil while providing habitats and food for wildlife.

This course will show you principles that you can apply in your context.

Forest gardening mimics a natural woodland edge. It integrates plants at different heights, using 7 ‘layers’ from canopy down to roots. A garden as a forest, rather than a garden in a forest.

This an efficient way to create a garden that produces many yields, for much of the year. There is resilience in diversity of crops.

Booking info – https://earthedup.com/forest-gardening-course-lichfield/