Planting Scheme
Below you will find details of the planting schemes, and technigues used for each plot. Where there are numbered beds, these have been listed to include the plant guilds or polycultures. For example plot 163b uses the food forest technique. Not all of the layers of the food forest system have been used.
Where possible I have included information on the functions that each plant offers, and why it has been included in the design.
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Beds are numbered on the plot 163b to help with reference to the information below.
Sketch design of plot will be uploaded here
Front of allotment (far left - next to pond)- Bed 1
Medlar - Sub canopy
Sedum - Herbaceous groundcover
Strawberry - Ground cover
Lemon balm - ground cover. Mineral accumulator
Purple Loosestrife - Herbaceous layer
Front of allotment (middle)- Bed 2
Cytisus/Broom - Shrub layer/nitrogen fixing
Lemon balm - Herbaceous ground cover
Fennel - Herb
Front of allotment (far right)- Bed 3
Autumn Olive - Shrub layer
Amelanchier alnifolia/saskatoon - Shrub layer
Perennial wildflower- Herbaceous ground cover
Compost bin in situ for fertility, shade and structure for climbing plants
Middle (far left) - Bed 4
Siberian current - Shrub layer
Pear - Sub canopy
Asparagus - Herbaceous ground cover
Bulb - Babington's leek
Compost bin in situ to build fertility, for shade and structure for climbing plants