PHIL FORSYTH, ORCHARD DIRECTOR

Phil has led POP’s orchard design and development since our first plantings in the spring of 2007. As Orchard Director, he coordinates the Orchard Committee in evaluation and communication with site partners, planning and planting of orchards, and long-term follow up. Phil is a professional landscape designer who also operates Forsyth Gardens, an ecological landscape design company. He has a Certificate of Permaculture Design from the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute and four years of experience as manager of an urban farm at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum. Phil also writes for GRID magazine and blogs on urban farming, edible landscaping, and food growing in Philadelphia.