Berry and Fruit Terrace Orchard

Challenges

The primary challenge was to repair soil compaction from house excavation; additional challenges included designing an economic layout of irrigation and efficient pathway system suitable for retired clients.

Key Elements

• Several terraces with double beds of fruit production, including haskap and josta berries, blueberries, gooseberries, and raspberries; currants, apples, and pears
• Achieved farm status from food production
• Pathways highly accessible with efficient layout
• Vegetable garden prolific in first and subsequent years 

Update

Three little words that speak volumes: PROLIFIC FOOD PRODUCTION. Enough fruit and berries for owners to easily meet farm status every year, and sold at the local mailbox. By choosing plants of the right age, berries started producing in year 1; a lowbush blueberry ground cover has also been highly prolific. By year 4, the system had matured exceptionally well, and continues to produce abundantly year after year.