The Forest Garden inventory, first started four-and-a-half years ago, has been revised and updated. It was previously organised by area, but I realised that this could lead to duplication where there was a species in more than one area of the garden. So plants have now been arranged by type – hedges, forest trees, fruit and nut trees, fruiting shrubs and climbers, introduced flowering plants and perennial vegetables – and alphabetically this time. There are still one or two duplications, for example hawthorn, which is both in hedges and forest trees, but these are minimal. Nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs are also indicated. As before, wild flowers are not included in the inventory, as they have their own.

With nearly 80 different species throughout the garden, all with their own degree of usefulness, it’s a good start for the Project, just over four years in, and a significant increase from the 50 species noted in the Blog, January 1st, 2021!

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