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On the way to the era of food forests

We're giving our generation the power to turn Europe into a mosaic of food forests — regenerative ecosystems that bring together people, wildlife and plants.

A participatory planting day in a walled garden: the collective digs swales for a future food forest A winter planting crew, arms raised around a young tree A planting day: tools laid out on freshly worked soil Planting young trees through a natural mulch sheet Aerial view of the concentric rings of a Semisto food forest
semisto academy

The Academy is reinventing itself for 2027

A food forest discovery week at Les 4 Sources, two-day immersions with leading practitioners, courses for garden professionals and the Focus week: four short, accessible ways to train, taught in French. Leave your details on the French pages and you'll be the first to know.

the semisto ecosystem

Four pillars, one regenerative adventure

Design sketch overlaid on the aerial view of a Semisto food forest

Design Labs

We design and build for you food forests and edible forest gardens that respect your vision, regenerate the biosphere, and reconnect you to your environment.
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The Semisto Academy group, arms raised in a meadow

Academy

Learn to grow your own food forest and tend it until it gives you its finest harvests. Discovery, immersion, your own project or your trade: four short, accessible ways to train. (courses are taught in French)
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An orange daylily in bloom among buds, at the nursery school

Nursery School

Concrete action to grow and support a network of micro-nurseries united by shared values and convictions.
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A Food Forest Heroes planting day in a walled garden

Food Forest Heroes

Local groups of ultra-motivated planters growing abundance to music, and building new, enriching connections along the way
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proof from the field

Real gardens, transformed people

8

projects supported, from first sketch to planting

195

edible species planted — diversity before hectares

2,000 h

of design and planting work in the field

A full immersion into the world of food forests, with top-notch trainers and inspiring visits. If you're hesitating: go for it!
M Marie Food forest designer
Hope, meaning, enthusiasm, wonder, connection, robustness, autonomy, joy.
L Laureline 2025-2026 program graduate
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Train with Semisto

The Academy is reshaping itself for 2027 around short, accessible formats (taught in French). The residential Focus week continues — and one-day workshops run all year round.

What if every village in Europe became a food forest?

© RTBF — Quel temps pour la planète ? — 2025

We're giving our generation the power to turn Europe into a mosaic of food forests, in response to the challenges of our time.

This transformation gives rise to regenerative ecosystems that bring together people, wildlife and plants, for a deeply positive impact felt throughout our whole being.

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semisto experience · naninne

Our food forest is open every day

Twenty ares of food forest, free to walk through at Les Jardins d'ici in Naninne. A big planting is happening in November 2026, and we're forming the local group of volunteers who'll make it happen. No experience required — we show you everything on site.

Three volunteers kneeling to plant perennials in the Naninne food forest
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Whether you're passionate about biodiversity, permaculture, or want to contribute to a sustainable future, you can make a valuable contribution to Semisto.

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We publish articles and maintain a growing plant database for food forests.

2025 activity report · online

2025, the year we scaled up

Revenue doubled and back to break-even, a full curriculum, 418 edible species propagated: our 2025 activity report tells the year in figures, in projects and in full transparency.

the shop

The Semisto Shop

Inspiring books, cards and educational tools that help abundance take root — and every purchase supports our food forests. (Order form and most titles are in French.)

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The Caragana kit: 160 cards for designing plant guilds and food forests

You too can grow a food forest

Excited about starting a food forest project with Semisto? Get in touch with our collective. We'd love to support you in your project.

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