The Vision

The WSPC wants to have low-maintenance food forests in every food desert in the city, providing free & nutritious food to everyone in need.

The Mission

Our Mission is in activating and bringing community together through food forests, creative placemaking & permaculture education to cocreate long lasting sustainable solutions to Winston-Salem, NC, USA food deserts.

How we started…

Southside Food Forest | WSNC, USA

Southside Food Forest (aka Acadia Food Forest) is a community garden & recreation hub minutes from downtown Winston-Salem in an area food desert. For the past four years, intergenerational & cross sector efforts by community members have planted fruit trees, herbs, flowers & berry bushes for the benefit of the community & ecosystem. Our members believe that eliminating food deserts in urban areas is essential to self-reliance & achieving prosperous, sustainable communities.

The Boy and Girl Scouts, Hispanic League, Winston-Salem Arts Council, Spark Community WS, Piedmont Environmental Alliance, Wake Forest University, International Human Rights Consortium, Sacred Spiral Holistics, Activate Entertainment UNCSA artist troupe, Winston-Salem Fashion Week, Appalachian State University, Salem College, NC Cooperative Extension & more

...have ALL used this space for events, workshops, internships, Eagle Scout Projects, & academic credit.

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Trees:

  • Black walnut*

  • pecan*

  • eucalyptus

  • pear

  • mulberry*

  • fig*

  • peach*

  • plum*

  • nectarine

  • apricot

  • pomegranate (seasonal addition in pot)

  • ginkgo (year round in pot)

  • persimmon

  • cherry

Shrubs:

  • elderberry*

  • blueberry

  • blackberry*

  • milkweed*

  • hibiscus*

  • roses

  • raspberry

  • gogi berry

Vines:

  • muscadine grape*

  • passion fruit*

  • Malabar spinach

  • vining strawberry

Flowers:

  • sunflower*

  • verbena*

  • bee balm*

  • eastern columbine*

  • calendula*

  • cosmos*

  • white clover*

  • wild aster*

  • irises*

  • dandelion*

  • daffodil*

  • chrysanthemum*

  • black eyed susans* 

  • evening primrose

Herbs:

  • mint

  • bee balm

  • lavender

  • thyme

  • rosemary

  • mugwort

  • ginger

  • turmeric

  • comfrey

  • red+white yarrow

  • chamomile

  • goldenrod

Ground covers:

  • clover, crimson and dutch white

  • creeping thyme

  • strawberry

  • plantain

Etc:

  • walking onion

  • yucca

  • prickly pear

* indicates a native plant

How it’s going…

Future Places

Northwest and Liberty? Kimberley Park Elementary School? Ideas? reach out to us at wspermaculturecooperative@gmail.com