Beacon Food Forest (Beacon Hill, Seattle, USA)
Seattle, United States · Operator: Food Forest Collective
Overview
A seven-acre (2.8 ha) food forest on Beacon Hill in Seattle, next to Jefferson Park. Started in 2012, it is planted with apple, pear, plum, quince, medlar and hazelnut alongside vegetables, and its sust̓əlǰixʷali Traditional Indian Medicine garden grows Indigenous medicinal plants. The land belongs to Seattle Public Utilities, and the site is believed to be the largest food forest on public land in the United States.
Citizen participation
The idea began in 2009 as the final project of a Permaculture Design Course. The design was worked out through public design workshops and neighbourhood outreach, and residents carry out the planting and upkeep. Harvesting is largely open: anyone may forage except in the designated food-bank plot and the City of Seattle P-Patches.
Operating model
The land is owned by Seattle Public Utilities. The city provided $20,000 for design work in 2010 and $100,000 in December 2011 to begin phase one. The Food Forest Collective, which operates the site, gained nonprofit status on 22 August 2017.
Impact
An example of public land opened permanently as a place where anyone may harvest food. It was designed by Seattle landscape designer Jacqueline Cramer and Glenn Herlihy of the Jefferson Park Alliance.
Land tenure
Operated on public land owned by Seattle Public Utilities.
Crops
- りんご
- 洋なし
- プラム
- マルメロ
- セイヨウカリン
- ヘーゼルナッツ
- 野菜
Scale
28,328 m² — 7エーカー（2.8ha）。米国で公有地上の食用森としては最大とみられている。
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