Food forest

Learn the art of permaculture farming with this step-by-step guide. From nurturing soil and conserving water to cultivating a mix of plants and animals, discover how to create a sustainable garden or farm that grows in harmony with nature.

Burnt out by hustle culture in the UK, Renata and Sridhar moved to Tamil Nadu to live intentionally and raise their children without school. Through farmschooling, they turned a barren plot into a food forest, proving that learning can grow naturally, just like the land they cultivate.

‘The Ledge House’ is owned by George Manu, and built by architect Vinu Daniel and his team. Perched on top of the Peermedu Hills of Kerala, the house is replete with sustainable features and a food forest.

Bengaluru’s Pushpa and Kishan Kallianpur used permaculture to grow an organic food forest in Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh. Here’s how they transformed this piece of land.

Rajendra Hindumane’s lush green farm in Karnataka is filled with 1,300 types of fruit plants, spices, medicinal herbs and some rare wild plants.

Here's how Vivek Vilasini, a resident of Bengaluru, grew the Anna apple, a 'low chill' variety in his home using a soilless medium.

George M J, a resident of Bengaluru, runs Mary's Barn, an organic farm and homestay that has a mini forest of around 350 trees and plants.

“My mother, who was a gardener, inspired me to grow a mini forest using natural gardening methods like mulching, composting, soil-regeneration, seed-saving and companion planting."

From cucumbers, chillies, papayas to bananas, Bandra residents are growing 200 plants in just 800 sq ft using just waste like fallen leaves, coconut husk and leftover food

Apart from fetching him a profit of Rs 40000 per acre, Babulal's cultivation method has a capacity of saving 400 crore litres of water in monsoons!