Kezar Triangle - Now

“Start small(ish) and establish a pattern that could be rolled out

  success is proven and learnings
when   integrated.”…Kevin Bayuk
 Kezar Food Forest
• Intro
• Vision/Goals: Design a Food Forest
• Site Analysis
• Multiple functions of Food Forest
• Park as a valuable resource
• Wildlife diversity and restoration
• Succession
• Summary

   
   
   
 Sector Map
 Street Noise
 Wind
 Low Organic Matter
 Sandy Soil
 Water
 Dogs
 Shortcut for pedestrians
 Recreational use
 Sun
 Existing Vegetation
 Native Plant Nursery
 Community/Political

   
 Kezar Triangle - Now

“Start small(ish) and establish a pattern that could be rolled out

  success is proven and learnings
when   integrated.”…Kevin Bayuk
 Method of Succession

   
   
 Zone Map

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 Olive Trees

   
 Olive/Fruit Tree Guild
 Function: Produce food, herbs, dynamic
accumulators
 Chop and drop the understory plants to create a
walkable space under tree during olive harvest.
 Understory:
• Fava beans- could be cut down in spring
• Comfrey- dies down in winter
• Dandelions
• Clovers- N fixer
• Borage- herb, dies down in summer
• Oregano- can be harvested in spring
• Lemon verbena
• Purslane
• Daffodils

   
   
 Healing Labyrinth

   
 Healing Labyrinth

 Function: Produce herbs, medicinals, meditation,

sacred space
 Plants:
• Rosemary
• Mint
• Chamomile
• Thyme
• Sage
• Lavender

   
   
   
   
   
 Hedgerow
 Function: Barrier from sound/wind/dogs, habitat,
and bird food
 Plants:
• Plum Trees
• Hawthorne Trees
• Crabapple
• Elderberry
• Hollyleaf Cherry
• Honeysuckle
• Climbing Roses
• Dutchman’s Pipe
• Quince
• Herbs

   
   
 Central Meadow & Pond
 Function: Habitat for birds, space for people activity
 Sheep Mow Meadow
 Plants:
• Yarrow
• Poppies
• Seed Wild Flowers
• Meadow grasses w/ wild flowers
• Tule Marsh
• Cattail
• Clover
• Buckwheat

   
   
   
 Oak and Native Grass Guild
 Function: Windbreak, Bird Cover, Habitat, Insectary
 Oak, Buckeye, Vine Maple, Toyon
 Plants:
• Seaside Daisy
• Sticky Monkey Flower (Mimulus)
• Artemesia
• Elderberries
• Ceanothus
• Mimulus
• Wild Currants
• Gooseberries
• Lemonade Berry
• Coffee Berry
• Douglas Iris
• Lupine
• Yerba Buena
   
   
   
 Fig Grove
 Function: Picnic Area, Food, Shelter
 Plants:
• Bracken Fern
• Violas
• Oregon grape

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 Berry Border
 Function: Protect park from dogs, barrier from cars,
food
 Plum, Apple, Pear, Loquat Trees
 Plants:
• Comfrey
• Fava beans
• Nasturtium
• Olallieberry
• Thornless Blackberry
• Thimbleberry

   
   
   
 Outdoor Classroom Area
 Function: Educational Area,
Experimental Area
 Plants:
• Old Roses (for oils, rosehips)
• Lavenders
• Lemons
• Limes
• Kumquats
• Seasonal Veggies/Herbs

   
 Golden Gate Park - Then

   
   
   
   
   
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 William Hammond Hall

   
   
 Kezar Stadium - Then

   
   
   
   
 Species Niche

   
   
   
   
   
   
 References

Suddenly San Francisco: The Early Years. by Charles Lockwood.

The Making of Golden Gate Park, The Early Years: 1865 – 1906 by
Raymond H. Clary, c. 1980, A California Living Book
The Making of Golden Gate Park, The Growing Years: 1906 – 1950.
Raymond H. Clary, c 1987, Don’t Call It Frisco Press
Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual, by Bill Mollison, c. 1988
Edible Forest Gardens, Vol. 1. By Dave Jacke with Eric
Toensmeier, c. 2005, Chelsea Green Pub.
Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible landscape. By Robert
Hart, C. 1991
Pacific Coast Trees. By McMinn & Maino, c. 1935 Univ. of
California Press
Sacred Trees, Nathaniel Altman, Sierra Club Books

   
 Thanks to everyone who
helped and inspired us…

   
 Special thanks to Kevin Bayuk and the SF Permaculture Guild
“Start small(ish) and establish a pattern that could be rolled out
when success is proven and learnings integrated.”…Kevin Bayuk