Edgar Phillips-Jones

Edgar "Ned" Phillips-Jones studied aquaculture early on in his Hampshire career, later focusing on Permaculture for Division II and III. Ned also studied Cymraeg (Welsh Language) while at Hampshire. Since graduating he started Delicious Habitat, a company that creates forest gardens for families and institutions.

Ned founded Greenwich Forest Garden, a biodiverse perennial landscape of nutritious and useful species surrounding Donut 1 in Greenwich. The development of Greenwich Forest Garden is began in 2007 when the site was bare, eroding soil and is ongoing. This area of campus is an example of land use that awknowledges the ecosystem niches of plants and animals (including humans) by mimicking ecosystem patterns and structure, while producing food and useful materials. Greenwich Forest Garden is an example of human habitat, a term used to describe outdoor spaces designed to provide for our nutrition, recreation, social, psychological and spiritual needs. The garden also serves as a "living musem" of plant species valuable to local families and farms and can be propagated to provide valuable plant tissue at minimal cost. The garden is maintained by student volunteers and students of the Summer Garden Internship program.

Interesting fact:

The same individual Eastern box turtle is seen in Greenwich Forest Garden every year in the early summer. It is identified by a characteristic chip in it's carapace. Please provide this turtle ample respect and space if you cross paths with it!