Artemisia's Forest Garden Nursery launched!

Last night's meeting was great, with a yummy dessert potluck, and a discussion about fermented food. Who would have guessed that transition from homemade kimchee, to apple wine, to cookies would be such a fascinating taste experience?   Next month's meeting will be great too, with plans for a discussion of biodynamic farming, and further brainstorming about other groups we could work collaboratively with.

 

 

 

In other news, I wanted to announce the launch of Artemisia's Forest Garden, a plant nursery specializing in useful trees, shrubs, vines, and plants especially suited for Forest Gardens. The nursery was started by myself and another Transition Middlesex member. We saw that there is a growing need for edible, medicinal, and otherwise usable plants that people want to grow on their properties, or use in sustainable designs. 

Learn more about Forest Gardening.

You can browse the selection of edible and medicinal plants, and reserve your plants today.
Artemisia’s Forest Garden takes online orders for live plants. After online pre-payment, plants are available for pick-up at the Living Centre, just south of London, Ontario, on specific dates. Plants will be bagged bareroot and moist, and labeled – so swift pick-up and planting will be essential. For Spring, 2013, the deadline to order is May 17, and the pick-up date is Friday, May 24.

More details, and the online store can be found here:

http://www.thelivingcentre.com/cms/nursery 

 

For this spring, there are over 100 types of plants available, with a heavy focus on medicinal and culinary herbs. In the coming years, we hope to offer many more perennial vegetables, and fruiting brambles, shrubs, and trees.  

 

For those living further North in Ontario, I can't help but mention Fiddlehead Nursery as well, which also offers Forest Garden plants, near Collingwood, Ontario.

For those who live elsewhere in Canada, maybe you'd like to share other nurseries you know of who supply these types of plants in your neck of the woods. (For those living in the US and UK, we're jealous of the variety of plants you can easily purchase online!)