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The National Forest Gardening Scheme™

Our commons are under threat. Cash-strapped councils are facing pressures to sell off green spaces and are finding it a challenge to maintain public parks. The need to restore our ecosystems is urgent.

This Scheme supports communities to protect, enhance and reinvigorate their public green space with beautiful, diverse, self-sustaining food systems which are much more productive and CLIMATE RESILIENT than conventional horticulture, and more welcoming to wildlife!

What's more, we hope that planting more forest gardens will invite us all not to take nature for granted. We need it more than it needs us!

Hannah Gardiner (Current profile)
Help get forest gardens into DEFRA's biodiversity model! - consultation response date 27th Sept (see notes)
1 repliesLast active October 5th, 2025 22:23
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman
The Future of the National Forest Gardening Scheme: Next steps
22 repliesLast active October 25th, 2024 22:49
Rakesh B
In Person Forest garden Course Newcastle 29th & 30th July
3 repliesLast active July 22nd, 2023 08:44
Rakesh B
in Person Forest garden Course London 12th and 13th August
1 repliesLast active July 21st, 2023 13:57
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman
Open Strategy Meeting
2 repliesLast active January 10th, 2023 11:44
Nikolas
Swale advice needed
3 repliesLast active December 28th, 2022 10:22
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman
Reminder: National Forest Gardening Scheme open meeting tonight. 12th October 7pm. The Future of NFGS
4 repliesLast active October 18th, 2022 16:34
Jo Barker
Berries of the World
3 repliesLast active September 20th, 2022 11:42
Danielle Lowy
Summer workshop at Plants for a Future in Cornwall: Nature Connection, Plants and Permaculture
7 repliesLast active August 11th, 2022 08:59
Deleted account
Would you like to design a forest garden in the Forest of Dean?
6 repliesLast active July 7th, 2022 11:28
Jo Homan
FG quantities
6 repliesLast active June 15th, 2022 11:09
Deleted account
Calling any forest gardeners near Cheltenham
4 repliesLast active June 2nd, 2022 10:11
Rakesh B
In person forest garden courses
11 repliesLast active May 13th, 2022 09:02
Jake Rayson
Online courses
25 repliesLast active April 30th, 2022 16:24
Jude Mann
Good to Grow days, 22-25th April
2 repliesLast active April 20th, 2022 20:13
Jo Barker
Forest Garden / Food Forest Courses in Faversham at the Abbey Physic Community Garden
5 repliesLast active April 20th, 2022 19:31
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman
Website
2 repliesLast active April 1st, 2022 07:34
Hannah Gardiner (Current profile)
Content for social media > any courses or other materials to promote?
11 repliesLast active March 30th, 2022 18:17
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman
Forest Garden Stories
2 repliesLast active February 14th, 2022 11:03
Jake Rayson
Forest Garden Patterns
13 repliesLast active January 29th, 2022 17:47
Jake Rayson
Planet Friendly Garden Design — RHS & BBC Competition
1 repliesLast active January 18th, 2022 09:38
Rakesh B
Forest garden terminology translations
1 repliesLast active January 6th, 2022 09:37
Jake Rayson
Free beginner's forest garden workshop, Monday 3rd January 7-9pm
0 repliesLast active December 18th, 2021 22:29
Jake Rayson
Online forest garden spreadsheet
10 repliesLast active November 24th, 2021 12:51
Jake Rayson
Evening workshops Monday 1st & 8th November 7-9pm
0 repliesLast active October 26th, 2021 11:38
Jo Homan
Abingdon Thur-Sun
2 repliesLast active October 25th, 2021 08:48
Rakesh B
Forest garden Course in Bath this weekend
0 repliesLast active October 15th, 2021 09:58
Rakesh B
Announcing several face to face introductions to forest gardening in the UK and online, plus a full design course for community forest gardens
31 repliesLast active October 15th, 2021 09:20
Hannah Gardiner (Current profile)
Sign up link > Nov 20th, AGM 2021: living histories, story telling, and a catch up!
0 repliesLast active October 3rd, 2021 19:20
Deleted account
AGM October 2021
2 repliesLast active September 27th, 2021 12:42
Tomas Remiarz
Online course "Forest Gardeining for a Future"
3 repliesLast active September 2nd, 2021 15:02
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman
Green Social Prescribing
0 repliesLast active August 29th, 2021 15:00
Hannah Gardiner (Current profile)
Grower grants for BPOC people from LION (closes 20th August)
0 repliesLast active August 20th, 2021 12:29
Jo Homan
FG Award from The Orchard Project
1 repliesLast active August 16th, 2021 08:49
Steve Marquis
'Forest gardens’ show how Native land stewardship can outdo nature
1 repliesLast active June 19th, 2021 15:26
Jake Rayson
Realtime Forest Garden Course, first 3 Wednesdays in June 10am
2 repliesLast active June 2nd, 2021 13:28
Nick Turner
International FG symposium on this week
2 repliesLast active June 2nd, 2021 07:33
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman
mycorrhizal network
3 repliesLast active May 16th, 2021 15:00
Hannah Gardiner (Current profile)
Announcing AGM date 2020; & feed in to shape the event
20 repliesLast active May 9th, 2021 20:11
Hannah Gardiner (Current profile)
Basic introductory talk to forest gardens - Tuesday 11th 5.30pm
1 repliesLast active May 9th, 2021 08:58
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman
Mental Health Awareness Week:Nature Connection
0 repliesLast active May 9th, 2021 07:41
Jake Rayson
Condensed forest garden course in 45 minutes!
0 repliesLast active April 30th, 2021 07:29
Jo Homan
FG project to piggy back on
5 repliesLast active April 29th, 2021 19:07
Rakesh B
Free talk on community forest gardening
9 repliesLast active April 27th, 2021 07:44
Rakesh B
Talk on making community forest gardens
7 repliesLast active April 22nd, 2021 18:44
Deleted account
Calling all members: please comment on our refreshed Strategy
11 repliesLast active April 21st, 2021 17:03
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman
Dyer’s Woad (Isatis tinctoria)
3 repliesLast active April 1st, 2021 13:39
Tim Evans
Gandana - Afghan Leek
1 repliesLast active March 21st, 2021 10:58
Keith
Soil Contamination Testing Start-Up
4 repliesLast active March 15th, 2021 17:30
Richard Luff
Is tree planting a strategic opportunity for Forest gardening?
5 repliesLast active March 14th, 2021 10:34