Syntropic agroforestry is the fine art of mimicking natural forests in our farms. It’s based on how much sunlight a plant needs. Stratification is placing crop with different demands for sunlight, close to each other.
Regreening the city, Dee J Essy’s urban tree nursery in Nairobi
‘Regreening the city’ by Dee J Essy is a project to green the urban jungle of Nairobi, Kenya with syntropic agroforestry farms. She started a low budget nursery to provide trees for future syntropic agroforestry farms. In 4 days, she, her 2 sons and youngest brother planted 1,028 trees of 19 different tree varieties. Together, embodying the change they want to see in the world.
Water can be planted; introducing syntropic agroforestry in East Africa
Watch Roland, ARC’s lead teacher, on a journey to spread syntropic agroforestry in East Africa. From Kwale in Kenya where a farm thrives despite arid weather, to Kitgum in Uganda and Morogoro in Tanzania, Roland proves through this course that water can be planted. He has taught over 500 students, 30 of whom are qualified to train. The youth, women and vulnerable communities are treated to abundant harvests of cassava, pineapple, rice and a lot more. Join Roland on this journey and let’s regenerate!
Syntropic Agroforestry farm in Rongo, Kenya 4 months later
In the third week of juli, PDC students of Odienya Permaculture Institute implemented a syntropic agroforestry farm under guidance of Roland van Reenen. 4 months and many harvests later the farm needed some management. Students of the PDC organized by Tunaweza Permaculture did some serious chop and drop.
First Urban Syntropic Agroforestry Farm in Nairobi, 7 weeks later
The first urban Syntropic Agroforestry farm of Dee J Essy in Nairobi has changed in a food producing jungle with stratas of food. Cucumbers, kale and beans are getting ready for harvesting. in fact kale has been harvested already but more is coming. Take a look for yourself.