Living Woodlands

What are Tiny Forests?

Tiny Forests are small and rapidly growing native forests designed for urban areas. This is an unique and proven technique for creating natural and biodiverse forests in town and cities. What makes this an amazing opportunity for businesses, schools and other organisations in urban areas is the relatively small area needed (the size of a tennis court is possible) and the rapid growth of the forest. Tiny Forests use a specific ecological method whereby the soil is analysed and enriched and a site specific native tree planting plan is devised. This ensures that the correct conditions are created to allow a thriving and biodiverse native woodland to flourish within 3 years.

How it Works: The soil of a future forest site is analysed and then improved, using locally available compost. Native tree species are selected and planted as saplings according to a plan designed to mimic the structure of a natural forest. The saplings are planted very densely, which encourages much faster growth. In conventional afforestation techniques, 1 meter of growth per year is considered the norm. In the Tiny Forest method, trees grow about 10 times faster. Therefore a community can have a flourishing forest within three years.