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The document discusses edible landscaping as a practice of incorporating food-producing plants into residential landscapes, utilizing principles of permaculture design to create aesthetically appealing and sustainable gardens. It highlights various plants that can be included, the importance of transitioning to organic landscaping, and the benefits of local food production for community resilience and ecosystem health. Strategies for water conservation, diversity in planting, and fostering community cooperation through gardening are also emphasized.
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Edible landscaping 1
- 1. Edible Landscaping through ecological design
- 2. Definition from OSU • Use of food‐producing plants in residential landscape • It combines fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, vegetables, he rbs, edible flowers, and other ornamental plants into aesthetically pleasing designs • any garden style • 1‐100% edible
- 3. • Hosta • Rugosa Rose • Basil • Hydrangea • M. Viburnum • Lilac • Fennel & Dill
- 4. How? •Ethics and Principles of Permaculture Design to interface with common land-use
- 5. Design Science Seek relation- ships
- 6. What is Permaculture? " “Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” By Bill Mollison
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- 10. “Without a plan,there is no commitment, hence no accountability.” Henri Fayol
- 11. Using Energy Small Biologica Cycling Scale l Energy Resources Intensive Accelerating Efficient Successio Plannin n g Multiple Diversity Elements Multiple Edge Awarenes functions s Relative Design Attitudinal Location Principles principles
- 12. Multiple Functions foreach Important Element • Spring/summer/fall blossom • Interesting fruit • Fall Color • Aesthetic Pleasing • Leaf filler • Groundcover • Edible or medicinal Quality
- 13. Why? • Way totransition from harmful chemical use to organic means of landscaping
- 14. 58 Million Americans $30 Largest billion agricultural every sector in year to U.S. maintain More equipment, l 23 abor, fuel, an Million d agricultural The Acres toxins American Lawn One hour on a Could have a mower= a small lawn and produce car veggies for a driven home of 6 350 miles Enough to 270 water 81 billion million acres gallons of organic of water veggies all a week summer long
- 15. Why? • Local food movement • Less dependency on global food system • Community resiliency
- 16. Small Scale Intensive 20 million Victory Gardens in 1943 They were producing 41% of the vegetables being consumed in the USA
- 17. Why? • Improves healthof overall ecosystem and those who are engaged in stewarding the land with the intention of food production
- 18. Why? • Builds community • Cooperation with Neighbors
- 19. What? Greening the Desert • Village homes • Normal development
- 21. How to moveforward
- 22. What ecosystem areyou mimicking?
- 23. Ecosystem Mimicking • Wetland •Prairie • Woodland edge • Mature Forest • Early successional emergence • Traditional Landscaping
- 25. zones Zone- Placing Elementsin our Design based on Intensity of Use
- 27. Water • Conserve strategies •Reuse strategies • Zero runoff strategies • Earthworks percolation • Storage in tanks and cisterns • Succession Enhancement
- 28. SWALES Swales are water harvestingditches and mounds on contour.
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- 33. Plants/ Forests • Stackingin Space and Time • Diversity breeds resiliency • Develop nucleus and expand to connect • Food Forests • Annual Vegetables • Perennial Vegetables • Ornamental • Integrated Pest Management
- 35. Natural Forest Diversity Forest Gardening
- 38. Providing Physical Shelter (PPS) Guild Design Providing Nutrients (PN) Assist in Pest Control Reducing Root (APC) Competition (RRC) build interconnections
- 39. Central Element- PawPaw Cana Lily- PN, APC, PPS, RRC, ED Jerusalem Artichoke- Echinecea- APC, MD PN, APC, RRC, PPS, ED Comfrey- PN, APC, RRC, Goats Rue- PN, PPS, ED PPS, ED, MD Horseradish- PN, PPS, ED