Planting Little Forests Kingston
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In our yards, our parks and along our streets we plant lines of lonely trees. But a tree is not a forest. Lonely trees are severed from their ecological communities¡ªat the mercy of wind, weather and disease. Rewilding with Little Forests re-enchants our yards and our city with biodiversity... what Robert MacFarlane calls ¡°the wondrous, teeming, calamitously threatened variety & variability of life on Earth, sometimes measured by species richness.¡±
Planting Little Forests Kingston
- 3. Lost birds Biodiversity¡ªdiversity within species, between species & of ecosystems¡ªis declining faster than at any time in human history ~Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, 2019, IPBES
- 4. Lost insects. Lost spiders. Lost bees.
- 5. Lost forests. In SE Ontario only 17% of our indigenous forests remain, mostly in wetlands
- 6. Lost trees Great Lakes-St Lawrence forest region is home to ~50 native tree species & ~25% forest cover
- 7. Lost species. Healthy ecosystems need at least 50% forest Over half of the 690 species of concern in Ontario use habitat in southern Ontario forests
- 8. Lost relationships ¡°When we destroy tree social structures, we destroy their ability to react to climate change¡ On its own, a tree cannot establish a consistent local climate.¡± ~Peter Wohlleben
- 9. As we plant Little Forests, we begin to restore relationships
- 10. Little Forests are an Earth-centric approach to landscaping that helps restore our relationship with the natural world
- 11. We help the land remember. And the land helps us remember. we help the land remember (afforest the land) the land helps us remember (afforest our hearts)
- 12. We welcome home the indigenous species who¡ªbefore colonization¡ªonce covered this land
- 13. Sugar Maple, White Oak, Red Oak, Black Walnut, Bitternut Hickory, White Pine, Ironwood, American Mountain Ash, Serviceberry, Pagoda Dogwood, Bur Oak
- 14. Bumblebee, Fire?y, Monarch Butter?y, Red-headed Woodpecker, Giant Swallowtail
- 15. We help the land remember by following the Miyawaki method of natural forest regeneration ©O
- 17. The land helps us remember ¡°By planting trees, you plant trees in your heart. That is, to plant life. And to plant your tomorrows.¡± ~Akira Miyawaki Ò»°ãÉç‡â·¨ÈËɤηÀ³±µÌ…f»á
- 18. In planting Little Forests, we plant wishes for better tomorrows
- 19. For each Little Forest, we will build a community to plant and care for the forest
- 20. Little Forests support 100x more species biodiversity than conventional landscapes (above AND below ground)
- 21. Little Forests become classrooms for learning on the land
- 23. Trees need our help. Trees need community. Trees need love.
- 24. Let¡¯s create a network of Little Forests. Imagine the impact.
- 25. Little Forests. Big impact.
- 26. we help the land remember (afforest the land) the land helps us remember (afforest our hearts)
- 27. Help us help the land remember
- 29. Little Forest Walking the Path to Peace
- 32. Appendix A: Little Forests are natural climate solutions
- 35. Appendix B: Little Forests bloom around the world
- 36. A Tiny Forest Ranger are children from a primary school or childcare center in the area who protect and care for the forest. They are nature restorers, nature tellers and nature storytellers. They plant the forest, manage the forest, investigate and tell family, classmates and local residents about the forest. Tiny Forest is a Miyawaki inspired forest trademarked to ensure it follows a speci?c methodology
- 37. SUGi (sugiproject.com) is a global network of foresters, rewilders, who grow ultra-dense, biodiverse min-forests of only native species
- 38. 3 year old Edible Extreme Forest in Michigan
- 39. A park in Bangkok designed using Miyawaki forest method
- 40. Netherlands has planted 100 Tiny Forests
- 41. Shubhendu¡¯s non-pro?t A?orest has built hundreds of Tiny Forests around the world
- 42. A?orest and other social startups are planting Miyawaki inspired forests throughout India
- 43. Arbre Patrimonie builds participatory corporate Miyawaki inspired forests
- 44. Toyoda-Gosei is creating native forests at 60 locations worldwide
- 45. Boomforest, Paris citizen¡¯s group ¡°Finding the balance of nature around us, this is our purpose and for this reason we incentivize the restoration of biodiversity in the places where we live by creating forests. We imagine them local and wild in all their expression, free and accessible to all and integrated into our daily life.¡±
- 46. Earthwatch aims to plant over 150 forests in the UK by 2023
- 47. Appendix C: Theory behind Miyawaki inspired Little Forests
- 48. The forest is the root of all life; it is the womb that revives our biological instincts, that deepens our intelligence and increases our sensitivity as human beings. ~Akira Miyawaki
- 49. Comparison between classical succession theory & Miyawaki¡¯s new succession theory
- 51. "Get out there into the ?eld¡ªthere are three billion years of the history of life out there, there is a real life drama unfolding under our great sun that the German government could never achieve, no matter how many million marks they threw into research. Your own body should be the instrument to measure it¡ªstudy it by looking at it with your eyes, touching it with your hands, smell it, taste it, feel it!" ~Professor T¨¹xen¡¯s advice to Miyawaki
- 52. Appendix D: 10 golden rules for a native forest approach
- 55. A timeline might look like this (map to months)