Syntropic Agroforestry systems

Sat Nov 08 2025 at 01:30 pm to 04:00 pm UTC+00:00

Hestercombe House & Gardens | Taunton

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Syntropic Agroforestry systems
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What is syntropic? Design, build & manage a syntropic system for maximum crops and minimal maintenance
About this Event

This is a course at our demonstration Market Garden at Hestercombe Gardens - public transport options are limited.


This course is for you if you want to super charge your agroforestry system to produce more and quicker!

This workshop is about the complex systems that are described as syntropic, how they can be created in temperate zones and the benefits of creating one

Topics include:

  • Species Design
  • Crops available
  • Yearly cycle of management




Please note, as a small non-profit organisation, it's not sustainable to offer refunds.
If you need to cancel your place up to one month of the course, you will be offered a credit towards another workshop.
After that time, we can only offer a credit if we have been able to re-sell your place on the course.


Please wear sturdy footwear and dress for all weathers!

This course is delivered outside on site, and the ground is uneven. We will spend some time under cover in the polytunnel / grlasshouse.

The venue is rural.

The nearest train station is Taunton.


Suitable for:

Anyone with a basic understanding of Agroforestry systems or Forest Gardens.


About the event (including practical elements):

We will plant up a sample site using syntropic principles.

We will discuss fertility building to create a whole ecosystem of plants.

You will have an understanding of the plants which fit within this system and how to create your own syntropic system.


You will leave with a good understanding of how syntropic agroforestry works and their benefits to soil health, the environment and to us as growers.


Next steps:

We offer training and support on site, as well one-to-one consultancy and design for forest gardens and agroforestry systems.




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Testimonials:

Lovely course, thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend :)

Lyndsey, Berks


I would recommend edge (formerly incredible edible) to anyone. I have never been a very confident gardener but the courses I have done have provided me with such a wealth of information and expertise that I now feel encouraged to give things a go.

Lorna, Wantage


"Very interesting and supportive. It has given me the confidence to research and try things I hadn't thought about before. Thank you Rachael"

Sarah, Berkshire


"Urban Design OBU benefited greatly from a workshop on urban food production using the UFP toolkit by Rachel Hammond of Edge landscaping. The students managed to develop a masterplan for a global city site measuring the productivity of their designs, management issues as well as understanding the social and environmental benefits of UFP. The workshops are compelling and effective for valuing UFP."

Regina L. Oxford Brookes University


About the Tutors

Rachel is a Landscape Architect & Urban Designer specialising in regenerative food production. She designs spaces for food, soil health and wildlife and biodiversity, as well as maximising harvests and reducing the work needed to achieve it.

She learnt to grow food from her Grandparents in Jersey who grew much of their own produce on their acre - including Jersey Royal Potatoes! Rachel still loves potatoes.

Growing food all her life, and commercially for the last 10 years, Rachel has worked with CSA, farms, market gardens, urban farms, community gardens and corporate businesses to increase food production and efficiency, whilst reducing labour and costs.


Georgina is an education expert who runs our school and family sessions as well as building our ponds and bog gardens for us. She is a specialist in song birds and wild mushrooms.


Rachel founded edge, a non-profit design agency, with the main aims of designing urban food production systems, growing food within whole ecosystems and educating others on food production systems and ecological farming practices.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Hestercombe House & Gardens, Gotton, Taunton, United Kingdom

Tickets

GBP 53.80 to GBP 107.96

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