Food forest Baarle-Nassau
Trees for All facilitates the lay-out of a new food forest in Baarle-Nassau.
Trees for All facilitates the lay-out of a new food forest in Baarle-Nassau.
hectares of food forest
trees and shrub species
We are going to help Nicolaas convert the former meadow to food forest, which will turn it into a valuable extension of the nearby nature reserve of ‘Het Merkske’. The food forest is going to form a bridge between dry land and the wet nature of Het Merkske, in which trees and water formations will complement each other. What is more: the forest will create an oasis of biodiversity, where Red-List species and other animals whose habitat is threatened will be able to settle and thrive.
In the 6+ hectares, Nicolaas will plant 115 species of trees and shrubs, 90 of which will provide food. Chestnut, apple trees, rhubarb, fluttering elm, grape and gooseberry will be among them. The planting will be done in phases and cover several years. Expectations are that the first apples and berries will be harvested in 2024.
The parcel is situated in Baarle-Nassau, within Nature Network Brabant (NNB) and is at present being used as a meadow for cattle.
In this project we work together with Agroforestry Foundation Netherlands (SVN) and Nicolaas Geijer.
“I belong to a generation for whom food forests are going to constitute an ordinary means of food production.”
— Nicolaas Geijer, initiator food forest Baarle-Nassau