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The 7 Layers of a Food Forest Poster
A forest garden grows like a real forest: in floors, like a house. This bright poster shows kids all 7 layers of a food forest in one picture, from the tallest trees down to the roots, with a fact card for every layer.
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About this printable
A forest garden grows like a real forest: in floors, like a house. This bright poster shows kids all 7 layers of a food forest in one picture, from the tallest trees down to the roots, with a fact card for every layer.
What's on the poster
- A fully illustrated food forest scene with numbered layers
- 7 fact cards: canopy, small trees, shrubs, herbs, ground cover, roots and climbers
- Real examples for each layer (chestnut, plum, blueberry, comfrey, strawberry, garlic, grapes and more)
- A "Why layers?" card: how the plants share the light and help each other
3 versions in every download
- Color poster: hang it on the wall
- Coloring page: the whole poster in line art for kids to color
- Label-it worksheet: names left blank, with a word bank, for a quick check of what kids learned
Print any size
- 8.5 × 11 in, A4, A3 and 18 × 24 in (portrait)
- Sharp vector PDFs: print at home, or send the large size to a print shop
- Files: the 8.5 × 11 in PDF of each version, plus a zip with all 12 files
Great for
Homeschool nature study, garden club, science corners, Earth Day, and kids who love helping in the garden. Ages 4–10.
Same art as June and the Little Food Forest, so it pairs perfectly with the picture book and unit study.
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Good to know
- Personal-use license: print as many copies as your household needs. Teachers: one purchase covers your own classroom. Please don't resell or share the files.
- Want both posters? The Little Food Forest Poster Set includes this one and "Who Lives in the Soil?"
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