Miyawaki forest

Why plant a single tree when you can plant a miyawaki forest. It's a question Catherine Cleary and her team at Pocket Forests or are asking that exact question. Cleary and her partner Ashe have created more than 50 Pocket Forests in schools and other facilities in Ireland. They tell Ferns & Fea

With the Miyawaki method, you can create your own forest patch in spaces as small as 30 sq ft. The plants grow rapidly into trees, and do not need any maintenance after the first three years. Here is a guide to building a forest with this method

“Tiny urban forests can help #rewild urban settings and help fight #climatechange. The brainchild of the Japanese botanist Miyawaki is taking his idea global. We have so many solutions. Let's stop the delays and implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #forests #nature”

Boosting Biodiversity and Climate Resilience By Maya Dutta I was honored to work on creating the first Miyawaki Forest in the Northeastern United States, planted in Danehy Park in North...

At Grounded, our core mission is sustainability and it really breaks our heart when we read stories on the deforestation of the amazon or deforestation in Asia for Palm oil production. Recently, we came across this article on a brilliant organization, Afforestt and its efforts to create urban forest

KANAGAWA PREFECTURE – The Miyawaki method for cultivating fast-growing groves of native vegetation has found eager practitioners all over the world. But some say the method promises more than it can deliver, and that, in some cases, restorers are planting Miyawaki groves where they don’t belong. Developed in the early 1970s by the late Japanese […]

Johnson Street in South Melbourne will close to make way for a new public park in Fishermans Bend precinct, with a Miyawaki Forest.