festival beach food forest - austin, texas...festival beach food forest: growing edible forest...
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Festival Beach Food Forest:Growing edible forest gardens on public land that
nourish, educate, and inspire.
Christopher SanchezCity of Austin Parks & Recreation Department
Culture & Arts Education SpecialistZilker Botanical Garden | Wildlife Austin
Elizabeth CarreraFestival Beach Food Forest
Core Team | Volunteer CoordinatorLandscape Architectural Designer
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Foundational Visions
• Regeneration of the land
• Free food for all
• Restoring relationships between ourselves, our land, and others in our community
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Growing Food, Growing Community
TRANQUILITY – HEALTH – JUSTICE – COMMUNITY – NATURE – DIVERSITY – ABUNDANCE
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Growing Food & Community in Seattle
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What is a Food Forest?
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OOD
ODDER
IBER
(PH)ARMACEUTICALS
UN
UEL
ERTILIZERS
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Plant uses:- Edible fruits and berries- Edible mast/ nuts- Edible leaves, stalks and shoots- Edible roots- Culinary herbs and spices- Teas- Other edible parts (flowers, seeds, pods, grains)- Edible mushrooms- Superfoods and medicinal plants - Coppice species
Plant functions:- Nitrogen fixing- Dynamic accumulators- Wildlife (food & shelter plants for beneficial birds, insects, spiders,
invertebrates, etc.)- Nectary calendar (for hummingbirds, generalist and specialist nectary species)- Ground covers- Aromatic pest confusers
Drawbacks:- Nuisances and poisonous plants
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Earthworks- Passive rainwater catchment through berms and swales
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Catching all water runoff and allowing it to slowly soak into the soil
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