Ormond Beach, Florida  ·  Zone 9b/10a  ·  Est. December 2024

Grow Different.

Enter the grove

A food forest is not a garden with more plants in it. It is a system that builds its own soil, makes its own shade, and needs less of you every year. Twenty months ago, this was a lawn.

107varieties

56 registry taxa 388 individuals in ground 7 forest layers 20 months growing

Five ways in

01 A mown path running between stands of bamboo

The Grove

Every plant, mapped and counted.

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02 Bamboo culms against open sky and cirrus cloud

Field Data

What the weather station measures.

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03 Turmeric foliage, purple-ribbed leaves unfurling

The Apothecary

What the grove is good for.

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04 A banana leaf lit from behind, its ribs glowing

The Listening Grove

The grove, played as sound.

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05 A banana leaf held against a late sky, lit from behind

Journal

Field notes, as they happen.

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Moody Grove

grow wild · eat fresh

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