Organic Cherry Farming
I have been asked to join the design team for a 11.9 hectare farming project here in Bulgaria. The project is most unusual in that it will be a fusion of three very different types of systems on one adjoined piece of land. These are : a conventional cherry orchard, an organic cherry orchard designed by The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and a forest garden with cherry featuring as the dominant upper anopy specie. My role is to design the forest garden area ,as well as looking into the rainwater harvesting potential of the site. The Site - Looking South This project presents a great opportunity to compare, yields, costs, labour requirements and the ecological impact of the different systems. I am very fortunate to have 1yr to make the essential observations on the site that will provide me with the necessary information to come up with a solid design. Satellite image of the Site - Boundaries represented by Green Line My design for the Forest Gar...