Nestled on a 4 acre residential property on the secluded Sunset Islands of Miami Beach, this 4,000 square foot food forest was planted in 2015 and since then has become a mature, lush and abundant garden for its owners (and their flock of heritage breed chickens). Three large chevron shaped raised beds accompany the food forest and produce annual vegetables during Winter and Fall, with an emphasis on heirloom cherry tomatoes, cooking herbs, cucumbers and salad greens like arugula & lettuce for fresh salads daily. Little River Cooperative custom designed & fabricated a tomato trellis that allows for the use of the “lower and lean” growing method, which increases production of indeterminate tomato varieties and makes for easier harvesting. The owners of this impressive garden are passionate about sustainability and nothing goes to waste; extra produce is shared with neighbors and spent crops are fed to the chickens or composted on site. The food forest contains  5 varieties of banana, 12 Mango varieties, avocados, lychees, sweet tamarind, everbearing mulberries, pink wax jambu, loquat, canistel, bay leaf, red lady papaya and an understory packed with herbs, pollinator friendly plants, butterfly host plants and sweet potatoes. The extreme diversity of the food forest alongside the vegetable garden means there is always something to explore and harvest from this impressive growing space.