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The HCC Food Forest A Field Study By Caroline App The Evergreen State College Olympia, WA The Start Natalie Pyrooz first implemented the HCC food forest garden as her thesis for her MES. The garden was implemented in 2009. The
By Caroline App The Evergreen State College Olympia, WA
implemented the HCC food forest garden as her thesis for her MES. The garden was implemented in 2009.
experiment as to whether an
facilitate sustainable learning and living at the institutional and student scale.
surveys at the end of her program she began the project with.
reported they felt more engaged food systems and sustainability through helping implement the project.
idea of working with local land.
with the intention of expanding it with more native edibles.
interested me, I was just as interested in ways the forest developed through its time there.
bcc food forest while exploring the topic of how pollinators benefit from native plants.
and wanted to learn about the species there and soil.
wildflowers to add diversity to the site and benefit pollinators.
and red flowering currant.
the garden bed, I chose taller shrubs to compliment space near the back for the different “stages” or “niches”.
to the site and uploaded my completed base map with measurements.
several areas around the site and completed blogs on different soil differences and my plant list based on those
learning was a book by Russell Link called “Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest.
about the food forest as a design of polyculture, working in layers to provide different ecological functions.
garden also came some challenges.
Clean Energy Committee, and learned setbacks happen in receiving letter awards. Because of this, my project “planting” will not be complete week 10.
plants installed week 6,
posts based on their progress.
for the budget number so that I may finish my “planting” portion in the coming days.
may not be a difference between “budget number” and “grant award”.
“planting” finished, I created videos to demonstrate my learning through my project.
introduction to site while my Wk 10 video is a journey through initiative, patience, and moving forward.
my learning objectives.
exploration as to how a polyculture design with native species benefit pollinators.
mason bee benefit from native plants by collecting more pollen from them.
from native pollinators to be able to reproduce and maintain diversity.
evidence to suggest non- native pollinators are competitive for resources.
to be interactive as to the species of bees and insects present and show my progress on fixing the site up.
my blog are original photos from the site (or used textbooks).
Sustainability for having me intern in this space.
Anderson and Joe Clevenger for being knowledgable and supportive supervisors.
Scheuerell and Sarah Williams for continuous support and the field study opportunity.