Vision

The BCS LSF Action Project grant helped to expand on the project begun by our Sustainable Agriculture class. The class learned about sustainable agriculture and responsible land management. They came up with an idea to transform an unused section of our campus into a productive and sustainable food forest. The students came up with these goals:

• Transform an area of the campus that nobody uses into a beautiful space for everyone
• Create a calm and peaceful hangout spot
• Create a sustainable living environment
• Enable more outdoor activities to take place.
• Work with the cooking program to be sure our products do not go to waste.
• Bring more life to our campus, allowing teachers to use the outdoors when they give lessons.

They decided that planting a food forest that include fruit trees and a naturalization (no-mow) zone would help them to achieve these goals.

Action

A 50 x 25 foot area near our student centre was planted with fruit trees, seeds, and seedlings. Half of the space was designated a “no-mow” zone to allow it to naturalize to a meadow that included beneficial species. Once the fruit trees bear fruit it will be used in dining hall and in the cooking classes.

6 Fruit Trees planted:
• Wolf river apple tree
• Óiase apple tree
• La Crescent plum tree
• Canada plum tree
• Nova pear tree
• Lorraine pear tree

Seeds/seedlings planted:
• Lupins
• Forget me nots
• Red poppy
• Milkweed
• Brunnera