Greening the Desert: Tree Tour

I'm at the Jordan permaculture project 'Greening the Desert,' and I've filmed a casual tour of the site and included a list of our plants below. It's taken the team 10-years to get to where we are now and everyone is doing a fantastic job turning this arid desert land into a green oasis. Even in harsh climates and landscapes, we can provide examples of hope by design and education extension. ✌️

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2018 Food Forest Plant List: Latin name; Common Name(s)
Acacia saligna, Fabaceae: Orange wattle, Port Jackson wattle Albizia lebbeck: Lebbeck, lebbek tree, flea tree, frywood, koko, siris, Shak Shak Tree and woman's tongue tree Allocasuarina torulosa: Forest Oak, Rose Sheoak Azadirachta indica: Neem Basella Rubra: Ceylon Spinach Buddleja saligna: False olive Carpobrotus edulis: Pigface, iceplant Cassia: Cassia Ceratonia siliqua: Carob Cyprus Cupressus sempervirens: Mediterranean cypress Corchorus olitorius: Molokhia Delonix regia: Flame tree, Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustifolia, Sapindaceae: Broad leaf hopbush, candlewood, giant hopbush, narrow leaf hopbush, sticky hopbush, native hop bush, soapwood, switchsorrel, wedge leaf hopbush, and native hop Dovyalis caffra: Kei Apple Ficus carica: Fig Gleditsia triacanthos: Honey Locust Grape Guava Hibiscus tiliaceus: Cottonwood tree, sea hibuscus, beach hibiscus Hymenaea courbaril: Brazilian cherry Kumquat Lemon Leucaena leucocephala: Leuceana Lime Moringa oleifera: Moringa Mulberry Olea europaea: Olive Orange Parkinsonia aculeata: Jerusalem thorn Papaya Passion Fruit Phoenix dactylifera: Dates Prosopis juliflora: Prosopis, mequite Pomelo Punica granatum: Pomegranate Senna bicapsularis: Christmas Bush, Winter Cassia, Butterfly Cassia Sesbania sesban: Egyptian riverhemp Sissoo Spinach: Brazilian Spinach Sphagneticola Trilobata: Singapore Daisy Solanum melongena: Eggplant (black beauty) Tamarix spp: Tamarix, salt cedar Tecoma stans: Yellow Trumpetbush, Yellow Elder Tipuana tipu: Tipuana, Rosewood, Pride of Bolivia Tussilago farfara: Ethiopian cabbage Vachellia farnesiana: Fragrant Acacia, Needle Bush Washingtonia Robusta: Washingtonia Palm