Agroecology

Understand Ediblescapes as a community-scale example of ecological food growing shaped by biodiversity, participation, resilience and local practice.

About this lens

This lens invites visitors to read Ediblescapes through the perspective of agroecology — not only as a way of growing food, but as a way of understanding relationships between ecology, culture, participation and place.

At Ediblescapes, agroecology is visible in the effort to grow food in ways that regenerate living systems while also strengthening community connection, practical knowledge and shared responsibility. It values biodiversity, local adaptation, observation, participation and learning through doing.

This lens helps people understand that food growing is not only a technical activity. It is also social, ecological and cultural. It raises questions about how food is grown, who participates, what knowledge is shared, and how land can be cared for collectively.

What this lens helps people notice

Through this lens, visitors can begin to notice the relationship between ecological diversity and human participation. They may observe mixed planting, soil care, low-input growing, adaptive responses to climate, practical food use, collective work and the value of community knowledge in shaping the garden.

This lens also helps reveal that Ediblescapes is not organised like a commercial production system. It is a community-scale place where food growing, ecological regeneration and public learning are deeply connected.

How agroecology appears at Ediblescapes

At Ediblescapes, agroecology appears through biodiversity, edible plant diversity, shared labour, practical experimentation, community participation, adaptive growing methods and the integration of ecological and social care.

Visitors may encounter this through Action Days, plant identification, food preparation, observation, discussion and the shared stewardship of a public garden. The lens helps make visible the broader cultural and ecological meaning of what is happening in the site.

Follow the Agroecology trail

Explore the stations connected to this lens to discover how biodiversity, participation, food growing and ecological care come together at Ediblescapes.