Richard speaks from his heart and from his own life experiences. He holds an incredible wealth of knowledge about growing and maintaining a food forest which he so happily and simply offers to everyone. He was a joy to listen to and took the time to engage and connect with all his eager learners. I came out of the course feeling empowered and excited to begin planning my very own forest of food.

This workshop was perfect for me as I am in the process of designing garden areas, and now a food forest, on the land I live on, to nourish and sustain my family. The material in the workshop is ideal for anyone looking for a career niche in the field of food growing, propogation, and herbalism. Much recommended!

Richard showed me that growing a food forest can be fun, practical, and even a good idea economically. I'd been intrigued by food forestry for a few years but to listen to Richard speak and share his wealth of experience really helped me to see that this is something I can do and have a lot of fun with. I left with so much information about food plants and had fun trying my hand at grafting. I was so inspired by Richard, his information, and his photos that I'm itching to get my own food forest started! I would recommend this workshop to anyone interested in growing their own food or starting a nursery.

This course will pay for itself if you successfully graft less than ten trees on your property. The knowledge of how to create low maintenance food systems is very empowering and facilitates a feeling of wealth rather than poverty. This is one way to get off of the perpetual capitalist treadmill and on to living life.

Amazing! So knowledgeable and willing to share that knowledge. His calm disposition made his words easy to listen.

Richard Walker is the working man's gardener. His delivery comes fluidly from his 40 some years of experience trying and testing, finding what works and what doesn't. In his own biography was can see the pattern of nature at work, as he has worked to set up ecological niches only to move on and try something somewhere else. Everything has a time, and nature's time can be long, as we see in the planning stages of a food forest. Happily, Richard is with us now to share his vast experience and insight with the permaculturally inspired and aspiring.

I've told folks how humble he was despite the immense knowledge he so obviously contains in his brain and body after so many years of working the land. i love that he is enthusiastic about sharing all his secrets.

Richard Walker's decades of applied experience and in-depth knowledge of food forestry is an incredible resource. It was a pleasure to learn from someone with such hands-on skill.

I appreciated Richard's humility and his willingness to share his mistakes and failures as well as his many successes. It felt a bit like darshan ... being in the presence of one so wise, who knows so much about food forestry!

An exceptionally experienced man in the world of food forestry, and a walking dictionary of plants and how to nurture them into life.