Webinar: Landscaping with Edible Plants

Learn garden design tips from our Design Department Manager, Jen Strobel. She’ll offer advice on how to integrate herbs and veggies into your landscape. This is a great way to help plan your spring garden. Please join us.

Intro

Companion planting

Companion planting is the practice of combining plants in ways that produce extra benefits for one or both. It is an aspect of IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and one of the keys to successfully growing vegetables and herbs organically.
Refer to handout

Consider environmental conditions in your design

Sun
Water
Soil
Wind
Existing Landscape
Annual/Perennial

Assess your Edible Garden ‘wants’ and characterize by determined zones

Environmental
Function
Border
Tree
Hedge
Annual/Perennial

Prioritize areas

Seasonality
Overall goals
Accessibility

Shoutout Containers

Color Accent
Maximize space
Adds another element
Movable

Resources

https://sloatgardens.com/
Pam Pierce Food Gardening in the SF Bay Area
https://homegrownnationalpark.org/