Grow Your Own Food Forest
Grow Your Own Food Forest
Grow Your Own Food Forest By Layer
Ready to take your edible landscape to the next level? Our brand-new Shop by Food Forest Layer feature makes it easier than ever to find the perfect plants for your permaculture or backyard forest garden.
Towering Trees That Anchor Your Food Forest
Canopy Layer
Large, fruiting trees that form the protective canopy of your food forest. These tall species provide shade, structure, and seasonal harvests—ideal for food forest designs and permaculture systems.
Compact Trees and Shrubs
Understory Layer
Discover smaller fruit trees, berries, and shrubs that thrive in partial shade under taller trees. Perfect for adding biodiversity, beauty, and multi-level productivity to your food forest.
Climbing Plants for Vertical Abundance
Vine Layer
Explore passionfruits, beans, and other vining plants that climb upward or sprawl across the landscape. These space-saving producers bring vertical interest and maximize your food forest’s harvest.
Herbs that nourish, heal, and attract life.
Herbaceous Layer
Fill your food forest with fragrance, flavor, and function. The Herbaceous Layer includes perennial and annual herbs, leafy greens, and soft-stemmed plants that grow between the groundcover and shrub layers. These vibrant, fast-growing plants attract pollinators, offer culinary and medicinal value, and add biodiversity to your ecosystem.
Spreading Herbs That Blanket the Soil
Groundcover Layer
Find low-growing plants that cover and protect the soil, retain moisture, and suppress weeds. Choose from culinary herbs, nitrogen fixers, and edible groundcovers for living mulch and harvestable greenery.
Edible Roots That Grow Below
Root Layer
Uncover nutrient-rich plants like gingers, taro, and horseradish that form the root layer of your food forest. These underground treasures are ideal for edible diversity and soil health.
Water-Loving Plants for Pond & Wet Spots
Aquatic Layer
Shop plants that thrive in or near water, ideal for wetland edges, swales, and ponds in permaculture designs. Includes edible, medicinal, and habitat-building species for aquatic zones.
