System 1
Agro-silvopasture
Various tree crops with row cropping for livestock-animal grazing.
The Land
Regenerating the land.
Rewilding principles woven with regenerative land stewardship, agroforestry, water systems, and biodiversity restoration — working with nature to restore the balance.
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Land overview
A mosaic, not a monoculture.
Meadows, forests, water, permaculture gardens, and grazing lands come together as a diverse landscape, restoring connections between habitats and creating space for biodiversity to return.
- 01Food Forest
- 02Agroforestry
- 03Rewilding
- 04Water systems
- 05Grazing
Food Forest
Romantic food forest.
Planned conversion of plum orchard into a diverse edible ecosystem of fruit trees, nut trees, shrubs, herbs, flowers, pollinator habitats and winding pathways.
Seasonal rhythm
Spring
bloom
Summer
fruit
Autumn
harvest
Winter
rest
Seven layers
- CanopyWalnut, chestnut, oak — the long memory of the forest.
- Sub-canopyApple, pear, plum — fruiting in dappled light.
- ShrubHazel, currant, elder — pollinator-rich edges.
- HerbComfrey, sorrel, mints — soil tenders and teas.
- GroundStrawberry, clover, wild greens — living mulch.
- VineGrape, kiwi, hops — climbing into the structure.
- RootTubers, alliums, fungi — the underground economy.
Agroforestry
Trees and agriculture, together.
Conversion of conventional farmland into different agroforestry research systems. Tree-based agriculture designed to restore soils, improve water retention, increase biodiversity and create resilient food systems over generations.
Silvopasture
Animals between rows of nut and fruit trees.
Carbon sequestration
Long-lived woody biomass and deep roots.
Water retention
Swales, mulch and canopy shade.
Soil regeneration
Living roots year-round, no bare soil.
Rewilding
Where nature leads.
Parts of the land are dedicated to minimal intervention and habitat restoration, allowing forests, native plants, wildlife and ecological succession to return.
- Horses moving as a wild herd
- Cows on rotational grazing
- Wildflower meadow restoration
- Biodiversity corridors connecting habitats
Agroforestry & Food Forest
Five living experiments.
System 2
Agro-silvicultural system
Multi-layer, multi-purpose trees with alley cropping for animal feed crops (lucern, alfalfa, grasses, etc.).
System 3
Agro-horticulture
Focused on bio-diverse organic fruits, vegetables and aromatic and medicinal herbs.
System 4
Prune Orchard conversion
Conversion from a retired prune orchard to an agro food forest.
System 5
Agri-silvicultural
Creating a healthy tree biodiversity from a monocrop tree forest.
Planting Roadmap
A decade of planting.
A long-view schedule for trees, soil and habitat — phased so each stage strengthens the next.
Year 1
Site preparation, swales, water plan and tree nursery start.
Year 2
First 1,000 trees in the ground; food-forest core established.
Year 3
Agroforestry alleys planted across productive land.
Year 5
Canopy filling in; full grazing rotations underway.
Year 10
Mature food forest, established biodiversity baseline.