Cully Food Forest #5

This is the fifth food forest demonstration site in Cully, NE Portland. This 1500sq ft design uses principles of the forest garden design. Planting began in March 2025.

This planting’s canopy layer tree guilds include medlar, mulberry, cherry, plum, apple, Asian pear, and fig.

The shrub layer includes blueberries, aronia, jujube, pomegranate, pineapple guava, currants, gooseberries, jostaberry, aronia, goji, honeyberry, elderberry, and asparagus.

The groundcover consists of strawberry with sweet potato and squash growing during the summer.

Nitrogen Fixers include perennials goumi, and lupine with fava, pole and bush beans, peanuts, and snap peas during the summer.

The herbaceous Layer includes comfrey, yarrow, lavender, mugwort, purple mountain spinach, parsley, artichoke, tree collards, sea kale, herbs, medicinals, and a variety of pollinator-supporting flowers.

The root and mycelial layers include garlic, potatoes, onions, ginger, and winecap mushrooms