Edible Landscaping: Designing Edible Ornamental Food Gardens Keywords: Gardening, Food Forest, Edible Landscaping, Landscaping Ideas, Permac...
Fruits, flowers, herbs and vegetables come together in potted combinations that are as pretty as they are productive
Last year, All America Selections set a challenge for gardeners: to create a beautiful and functional garden based on the theme of “foodscaping,” or edible landscaping. Peek at the winning gardens that incorporate ornamentals and edibles into one cohesive, beautiful garden design.
When flowers fade, they leave behind often-unsightly seed heads, and this is where we get the term “seedy” to refer to an unsightly or run-down area. But in most gardens there are some plants you want to go to seed; for instance, vegetables grown...
Plants that like eggshells and benefit from the nutrients eggshells provide, including outdoor, indoor and houseplants that like eggshells.
Who says food isn't beautiful? These double-duty edible fruits and vegetables will have you rethinking how you landscape.
It's excellent for naturalizing and blends well with everything from variegated grasses and small roses to large, shrubby evergreens.
Create a delicious and beautiful edible garden with these 23 ornamentals plus edible landscaping design tips.
Edible edges are easy! Pop in edible plants that look decorative and provide harvestable crops along the edges of the garden for an attractive foodscape.
What is an Ornamental Edible Garden? Design ideas, advice & suggestions for growing ornamental edible plants in your garden; Gardening Lessons
Common Names: Bordelon Banana, Red BananaFamily: MusaceaeOrigin: Hybrid cultivar Bordelon Banana (Musa 'Bordelon') is a striking ornamental banana plant known for its vibrant foliage and unique appearance. This tropical beauty is prized for its large, paddle-shaped leaves that feature a dramatic combination of deep green and rich burgundy hues. Though primarily grown for its stunning foliage, the Bordelon Banana may also produce small, edible bananas under optimal conditions. This fast-growing plant is perfect for adding a bold, tropical flair to gardens, patios, and landscapes. Distinctive Features and Uses Leaves: The Bordelon Banana is best known for its spectacular foliage. The large, paddle-shaped leaves have a deep green upper surface with a striking maroon underside. The young leaves often have a reddish tint that gradually darkens as they mature. This coloration makes the plant a standout feature in any tropical or subtropical garden. Flowers and Fruit: While the Bordelon Banana is primarily grown as an ornamental, it can produce small, inedible bananas if grown in the right conditions. The flowers are typical of banana plants, appearing as a large inflorescence with bracts that reveal the small, tubular flowers. Uses: This banana variety is an excellent choice for adding height, texture, and color to tropical-themed gardens. It can be used as a focal point in landscape designs, grown in large containers on patios, or even as a houseplant in cooler climates.
This is a pouch that would be great to make with or for children.The process by which the fish are shaped will be very interesting and fun.Try this easy
SOME OF US are horticultural segregationists, designating one area as the “flower garden” and another as the “vegetable garden” or the “herb garden,” and never..
A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, the tree was traditionally decorated with edibles such as apples, nuts,
10 Beautiful Ornamental Vegetable Gardening Ideas Mother earth didn’t segregate vegetables and flowers in her… by gardeningabc
When I and Gina was at Skansen the other night, we learned that the first Swedish Christmas trees were dressed with edible decorations. It was dried fruit, small red apples and nuts. This year, we will dress our tree with folded paper decorations and lots of color. Today we turn simple pom poms into Christmas Ornaments. You need yarn, a Pom Pom Maker, scissors, plastic lids from for example PET bottles, acrylic paint and a paintbrush. Make pom poms in bright colors. Here you can see how to make a pom pom using a Pom Pom Maker. You can also make yarn balls in the traditional way. Find out how to here. Let the string you tie the pom pom with be long. Paint the plastic lid with acrylic paint and let dry. Make a hole in the center of the lid and thread the string from the pom pom through the hole. Tie the string to form a loop and the Christmas ornaments is ready to hang in the tree! Pom Pom ornaments are not only nice to look at, they are also very durable! It will be a colorful Christmas this year. On Sunday we’re hosting the Creative […]
Make your garden or orchard more sustainable by growing plants that nourish your edibles and ornamentals.
African marigolds (Tagetes erecta), are vigorous plants that produce iconic four-inch flower heads. Learn how to grow your own now on Gardener’s Path.
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When I and Gina was at Skansen the other night, we learned that the first Swedish Christmas trees were dressed with edible decorations. It was dried fruit, small red apples and nuts. This year, we will dress our tree with folded paper decorations and lots of color. Today we turn simple pom poms into Christmas Ornaments. You need yarn, a Pom Pom Maker, scissors, plastic lids from for example PET bottles, acrylic paint and a paintbrush. Make pom poms in bright colors. Here you can see how to make a pom pom using a Pom Pom Maker. You can also make yarn balls in the traditional way. Find out how to here. Let the string you tie the pom pom with be long. Paint the plastic lid with acrylic paint and let dry. Make a hole in the center of the lid and thread the string from the pom pom through the hole. Tie the string to form a loop and the Christmas ornaments is ready to hang in the tree! Pom Pom ornaments are not only nice to look at, they are also very durable! It will be a colorful Christmas this year. On Sunday we’re hosting the Creative […]
Learn how pairing Swiss chard with sweet alyssum combines beauty and function to contribute to a low-maintenance and ecologically rich edible landscape.
With edible landscaping and edible landscape design, we strive to teach you how to include valuable plants.Plant mugwort and watch the magic in your garden.
In "Foodscaping: Practical and Innovative Ways to Create An Edible Landscape" (Cool Springs Press, $24.99), Charlie Nardozzi makes great case for letting edible plants move in with your flowers, ornamental ground cover, shrubs and trees.
Persian cress, also known as ornamental cress, is the perfect edible ornamental. Use it in flower arrangements or a salad. Learn more.
Signet marigolds (Tagetes tenuifolia) perform double-duty in the garden as showy ornamentals and organic pest control. Learn more now on Gardener's Path.
Chrysanthemums are not just ornamental; many varieties from Asia are also valued for their culinary uses. These edible chrysanthemums, commonly known as "shungiku" in Japan or "túng ho" in China, have a tasty, distinctive flavor
Making rock candy is a really fun activity for kids that doubles as a great lesson in science .
When I and Gina was at Skansen the other night, we learned that the first Swedish Christmas trees were dressed with edible decorations. It was dried fruit, small red apples and nuts. This year, we will dress our tree with folded paper decorations and lots of color. Today we turn simple pom poms into Christmas Ornaments. You need yarn, a Pom Pom Maker, scissors, plastic lids from for example PET bottles, acrylic paint and a paintbrush. Make pom poms in bright colors. Here you can see how to make a pom pom using a Pom Pom Maker. You can also make yarn balls in the traditional way. Find out how to here. Let the string you tie the pom pom with be long. Paint the plastic lid with acrylic paint and let dry. Make a hole in the center of the lid and thread the string from the pom pom through the hole. Tie the string to form a loop and the Christmas ornaments is ready to hang in the tree! Pom Pom ornaments are not only nice to look at, they are also very durable! It will be a colorful Christmas this year. On Sunday we’re hosting the Creative […]
Arundo donax growing instruction & requirement Arundo donax info: climate, zone, growth speed, water, light, planting season & colors
Malus Or crab apple are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn. Malus grow well in full sun, or partial shade and thrive best in well drained moist soil. Malus Cheal's Weeping is a compact, small, deciduous tree with green leaves on weeping branches, with pink flowers are borne in late spring followed by long lasting orange red fruits.
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Learn how to harvest chicory seeds, from the wild chicory plant, and introduce these wildflowers into your garden space.
Hopefully the vast and intimate relationship between human beings and plants is not something that I have to elaborate on extensively. For the sake of not writing a novel (which I apparently love t…
