Fruit Trees and Food Forests

Where to Find Our Fruit Tree Nursery

Backyard fruit trees produce some of the best apples, plums, peaches, and more. Their sweet taste and overflowing juices are a delight to young and old. Not to mention, there’s something uniquely special about picking your own fruit. While these trees can bring you a lot of joy, you must plant them with care. Fortunately, our backyard food forest experts are here to help with everything from tree selection to planting and maintenance.

We have cultivated a vast assortment of fruit trees and other edible plants in our fruit tree nursery. So, when you’re ready to grow your own fruit trees and edible forest in Worcester County, MA, you can count on our agriscaping experts to provide plants that will thrive and flourish in your backyard. We proudly plant and maintain forest gardens throughout the following communities:

• Worcester, MA
• Westborough, MA
• Southborough, MA
• Holden, MA
• West Boylston, MA
• Shrewsbury, MA
• Northboro, MA
• Millbury, MA
• Upton, MA
• Leicester, MA
• Spencer, MA
• Paxton, MA
• Rutland, MA
• And beyond!

We Can Add Delicious Sweetness to Your Backyard With Fruit Tree Planting

Forest gardening provides many incredible benefits for the whole family and the environment. To get the most out of your new food forest, you must plant it with care. Our specialists can help you figure out which varieties will thrive in your area as well as let you know if your tree could benefit from cross-pollination with compatible trees. From here, we will plan your food forest design to ensure each of your selections will flourish.

We sometimes take a permaculture approach when planting fruit orchards. This process entails a creative combination of fruiting plants and other plants that grow well together. This may involve fruit tree planting with edible herbs, flowers, and other berries planted underneath the trees. This aesthetic can be attractive, more productive, and lower maintenance because of the competition with potential weeds. When our agriscaping experts design your backyard food forest, you can be sure you will enjoy an abundance of food with minimal effort.

Types of Fruit Trees We Recommend

Most of our fruit trees are initially 6'+ tall and may bear fruit in their first or second year. Our favorite fruit trees are American persimmon, Asian pear, and pawpaw because of their ease of growth, aesthetic benefits, and overall success in this climate. We also love apples, peaches, plums, chestnuts, walnuts, apricots, mulberries, figs, and berries, such as blueberries, elderberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and gooseberries for food forests.

Raised beds and annual kitchen gardens are awesome; however, they require maintenance to keep the yields consistent. Fruit trees, on the other hand, when designed and planted in the appropriate spaces, add value and higher yields each season, and the maintenance decreases as the trees become established. We recommend a combination of different types of edible plants so that you enjoy a rich combination of flavors throughout the season. Biodiversity is the best strategy for garden resilience, and many delicious fruits can be grown in this region. For more tips on growing your own fruit trees and edible forest in Worcester County, MA, reach out to our expert gardeners today!

The Benefits of Forest Gardening

When people think of gardening, they imagine kneeling in front of a bed of flowers and vegetables. However, this is only one type of gardening. If you want a more low-maintenance option that produces a wide variety of foods, you should consider planting a food forest. Fruit trees and edible forests provide a multitude of benefits for residents in Worcester County, MA. We recommend tending a forest garden if:

• You want a garden that is easy to manage. As a collection of perennial plants, forest gardens are easy to maintain and don’t require much work once the plants are established.
• You want a natural way to control pests. Food forest planting involves choosing compatible plants to create a mini-ecosystem in your backyard. These plants and the insects and animals they attract act as natural deterrents to pests and tree diseases.
• You want an abundance of edible plants. Food forests offer everything edible gardens provide, plus more! You can enjoy fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, and edible flowers.
• You want a place to relax. In the hustle and bustle of life, it can be hard to find a place to just bask in the beauty of nature, especially when you don’t have time to travel! Food forests bring the peacefulness of nature right into your own backyard. Add a bench or picnic table to your fruit orchard, and you’ll have a calming space to de-stress.

Of course, these are only some of the benefits of forest gardening. If you would like to see how a permaculture food forest could add value to your property, speak to our landscape design experts today.

Experience the Joys of Fruit Trees and Food Forests Today!

If you’re eager to begin growing fresh produce in your own backyard, consider planting a forest garden. At Reimagined Roots, we specialize in permaculture food forests and can help you design a garden that produces delicious edible yields as well as tangible yields (such as crafting materials, herbal remedies, and fuel). Whether you live in Worcester, Westborough, Southborough, Holden, West Boylston, Shrewsbury, Northboro, Millbury, Upton, Leicester, Spencer, Paxton, or Rutland, MA, our agriscaping experts will plant the perfect food forest that brings your family joy, satisfaction, and serenity.

We also install irrigation, deer/critter fencing, raised beds, and flower gardens. So, no matter what you envision, we can make it happen! Make your property more beautiful and productive today by contacting our edible landscape specialists about fruit trees and edible forests in Worcester County, MA.