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Turn Your Landscape into an Edible Ecosystem!
EDIBLE LANDSCAPING
Jana VanderhaarVerdant Connections LA
www.verdantconnections.com
OverviewWhat is Edible Landscaping?
Why Choose Edible?
A New Vision
How does it Work?
Edible Landscape Examples
Get Inspired!
Resources
A convenient way to grow vegetables, berries, fruits, herbs, nuts and ornamental plants together, in attractive ways to maximize aesthetics and minimize pests.
Basically, you’re treating edibles as ornamentals!
WHAT IS EDIBLE LANDSCAPING?
WHY EDIBLES?• Best of Both Worlds – mixing food producing plants with ornamentals in your existing landscape: no need to tear out what you have or create a farm to grow food
• Saving water resources for food that you eat
• Using herbs, vegetables and flowers to reduce pests
• Great way to have fun and enjoy your garden to the fullest!
Edible Landscaping – A New Vision
Respect the Soil
Save Energy
Conserve Water
Economical Lawn Alternatives
Reuse & Recycle MaterialsAttract Beneficial Insects
Living, Growing and Being Local
Diagram from http://www.soilfoodweb.com/ Visit this website for microscope images of soil bacteria, fungi, nematodes, mycorrhizae, etc.
Respect the Soil Soil Food Web
Respect the Soil Build It!
Soil Building Ingredients:
wood chips, worm castings, coffee grounds, pine needles, leaves, weeds (without mature seeds), aged animal manures, kitchen scraps, nut shells, juicing pulp, compost, straw, newspaper shreds, grass clippings, animal bedding, etc.
Basically, anything decomposable!
Attract Beneficial Insects
To Reduce Pests
One Example:Aphid Infestation
Attract Beneficial InsectsTo Reduce Pests
Ladybug Beetle
Ladybug Larva
Lacewing
Praying Mantis
Soldier Bug
Syrphid Fly
How do You Attract Beneficial Insects?
Create Habitat Insectary Plants:Parsley, fennel, dill, cilantro, lovage, red clover, chervil, mint, sunflowers, and more!
From “The Book of Outdoor Gardening” by Smith & Hawken
Helpful List of Plants that Attract Beneficial Insects, Create Beauty in Your Garden, and You can Eat, too!
From “The Book of Outdoor Gardening” by Smith & Hawken
Helpful List of Plants that Attract Beneficial Insects, Create Beauty in Your Garden, and You can Eat, too!
Reuse & Recycled MaterialsOld becomes the New
Drip Layout
Drip irrigation for shrubs and trees
Conserve WaterDrip Irrigation in the Edible Landscape
Conserve EnergyUse Trees, Structures &Vines to Shade
How Does It Work?Garden Design Tips
• Select Edibles for their Color, Texture & Form• Create Balance & Repetition• Think Pathways & Seating Areas• Choose Focal Points that Please You• Add Vertical Structures such as Arbors, Trellises and A-Frames
Integrating Edibles in Your Plan
Production Garden & Chicken Coop
Compost Area
Fruit Trees to Shade DrivewayThyme
GroundCover
Mint, Oregano, ChivesAs Ground Cover
Semi-Dwarf Fruit Trees near Patio
Planter with Perennial Edibles such as asparagus, strawberries & Rhubarb
Herbs nearKitchen
Some Easy Edibles to Try
Compost Area
Leafy Greens
Culinary Sage
Chard
Asparagus
CabbageFruit Trees
Berry Shrub
Edibles in Containers
Great Basin Community Food Coop in Reno
Edible Landscape Demonstration Garden
The Edible Landscape at the Great Basin Community Food Coop in Reno is a work in progress.
Here you can see the proposed planting plans for the existing planters, mixing fruiting trees and shrubs with herbal perennials with production gardens for summer and winter crops.
The medicinal garden will have a collection of plants that can be used for salves, teas, and tinctures.
These plants are also very drought tolerant and thrive in our high desert climate.
Edible Landscape – Hug High in Reno
Residential Edible Landscape Example - Reno
Year One – A Grass Blank Slate
Year Two– Irrigation, Raised Beds near House, Pathways & Food Forest
Year Five – In-Ground Garden &Hoop House for 4 Season
Gardening
Remember to build soil, look at plant requirements, and incorporate its habit
Plan now for years to come – don’t do it all in one season
Be creative… Think outside the beds!
Talk with others and get the best tips by sharing!
GET INSPIRED!
What Edibles will You Grow this Year?
Share your ideas atwww.growyourownnevada.com/
ResourcesWEB• Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy -
http://www.rosalindcreasy.com/edible-landscaping-basics/• Mother Earth News – Organic Gardening and Guide to Wise Living
http://www.motherearthnews.com/• Grow Your Own Nevada – Web for Nevada growers put on by UNR
http://www.growyourownnevada.com/• Urban Homestead – Ideas for Self-Suffi ciency in Urban Areas
http://urbanhomestead.org/urban-homestead-definition• National Gardening Association: Great website for tips on what to do in the garden or what to
buy from local farmers. Make sure you look at the zone you live in for planting tips. http://www.garden.org/ediblelandscaping/
• Robert Kourik Garden Roots Blog – He’s the author of Designing & Maintaining your Edible Landscape Naturally (see books below) http://robertkouriksgardenroots.blogspot.com/
BOOKS• Edible Landscaping: Now you can have your gorgeous garden and eat it too! 2010. Rosalind
Creasy, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 407 pp.• The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping: Home landscaping with food-bearing plants and
resource-saving techniques. 1982. Rosalind Creasy, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 379 pp.
• Designing & Maintaining your Edible Landscape Naturally. 1986. Robert Kourik, Metamorphic Press, 370 pp.
• The Book of Outdoor Gardening. 1996. Smith & Hasken, Workman Publishing, New York, 513 pp.
• Sunset Western Garden Book of Edibles. 2010. Sunset Publishing Co, 304 pp.
Jana Vanderhaar, RLA, Verdant Connections Landscape Architecture
www.verdantconnections.com