Creating an Urban Food Forest

Abstract

Victoria is being presented with an opportunity to increase its urban food forest due to trees coming to the end of their lifespan. Located on the Saanich Peninsula of Victoria, this project shows how a residential urban food forest can be created and examines the soil needed to make it successful. A hummingbird garden will also be created as they are frequent visitors to the garden and provide valuable pollination and pest control. The project will also examine the tree inventory on Denrob Place. By examining this tree inventory, we can determine how the area contributes to the urban food forest in its neighborhood and the Victoria area. The project also looks at four different areas worldwide, including Spring Ridge Commons in Victoria, Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, Washington, and Cuba, to determine how well Victoria stands up to places already establishing their urban food forest.