A food forest is a carefully designed and maintained ecosystem of beneficial plants and animals. Soil fertility is self-sustaining through the use of nitrogen-absorbing trees and plants, which get their nutrients from the deeper soil layers.
A forest-like ecosystem develops through an extremely efficient food cycle. The high biodiversity of the forest attracts natural enemies for pests and diseases. The forest is resilient in itself, strong and healthy.
In a food forest there are trees and plants that are directly or indirectly useful to us. Edible trees and plants, about 200 to 300 different species, perennial crops. A mature food forest gives us fruits, nuts, seeds, vegetables, lettuces, herbs, spices, honey, but also wood or binding and braiding material.
In a food forest we cooperate together with nature
Sico de Moel is a sustainable entrepreneur of Dutch Cuisine restaurant L’invité and Domein Bergen. In 2020 L’invité was a finalist for the title of most sustainable restaurant in the Netherlands.
Harvest from your Food Forest?
1000 Kg Co2 compensation in 5 years
We plant 10 trees for every 10m2 of food forest at Domein Bergen. Your trees will be planted within a year of purchasing the certificate. The certificate includes 5 years of maintenance.
such as mountain maple, hawthorn or winter linden
such as apple, pear, fig or cherry trees
such as a medlar tree, currant tree, sea buckthorn, elderberry or rowan
such as a sweet chestnut, walnut, almond or pine
such as the bay leaf, sumac or pepper trees.
You are always welcome at Domein Bergen to see which trees we have planted for your certificate.
