This document discusses edible landscaping and gardening. It defines edible landscaping as using food plants for both aesthetic and consumption purposes. Some benefits mentioned include providing a local food source after disasters, exercise, community building, and growing medicinal plants. When designing an edible landscape, one should consider location, soil type, plant selection based on climate, and using raised beds, obelisks, tunnels or other structures to support plant growth. Organic methods are recommended to produce healthier food, though they require more work than conventional chemical-based gardening.

1. EDIBLE GARDEN
/LANDSCAPING
JABEER BAIG
20AR13
T.Y B .ARCH
SEM 6
ALLIED DESIGN

2. INTRODUCTION
Definition: Edible landscaping is the use of food plants as design features in a landscape. These plants are
used both for aesthetic value as well as consumption.
After a natural disaster strikes, primary resources, including food, can become scarce. This strategy focuses on
how conscientious use of vegetation can offer a local back-up food resource and a year- round supply of food.
Additionally, it provides a range of other benefits like exercise, community building and cost savings. Another
positive aspect is the consideration of growing medicinal plants which can improve the health of residents and
the community.
A combination of edible plants along with traditional ornamentals can create an artful presentation. There are
some challenges when designing such a landscape, but in those challenges opportunities’ may be found. One of
the most difficult challenges is making sure your garden or landscape is healthy and vibrant year-round since
many edibles are short-lived annuals.

3. IMPORTANCE OF EDIBLE LANDSCAPING.
 Promoting gardens in parks, on rooftops and in front yards will help both youth and adults re-connect
with their food and nature.
 People with disabilities, older people and children can find it especially rewarding to spend time in the
garden tending plants and growing their own food.
 With some planning and thought, you can create an interesting, productive and pleasant space that can
be used as an edible garden.
 An edible garden is a garden that contains flowers, herbs, seeds, berries and plants that you can eat. It
does not have to be large. Your garden can start small with a few pots and containers, or even just a
window box with a few herbs.

4. BENEFITS OF EDIBLE LANSCAPING
/EDIBLE GARDEN :
 Enjoyment :from the physical activity
 Exercise :physical activity improves your endurance, strength, mobility and flexibility
 Relaxation :helps you relax and reduce stress levels
 Fresh food : provides you and your family with a healthy source of inexpensive fresh food
 Appreciation of food growing :provides an understanding of foods and their origin.
 Positively Impacts the Environment :Edible landscaping is good for the environment for a
variety of reasons. For one, flowering plants provide food for local pollinators, such as bees and
butterflies. Replacing areas of a grass lawn with garden plants also helps conserve resources.
 Reduces Cost of Food:When you have fresh fruits and vegetables growing right outside your door,
you won’t need to spend as much on produce at the supermarket
 Adds Color to Your Yard:multicolored edible flowers will all bring beautiful textures and colors to
your yard. Many edible plants sprout beautiful blooms along with their colorful fruit

5. Planning and designing of edible landscape
1.Size – If you’re new to vegetable gardening, start small and grow just a handful of crops. A small raise
bed is easier to maintain than a large garden and will give you a chance to flex your garden Once you’ve
had a season or two of gardening under your belt, you can always add more beds, containers, or expand
your growing space.
2.Location – Good site selection is another important consideration. Most vegetables, herbs, and fruits
need at least eight to ten hours of sunlight each day in order to crop well. This is especially important for
fruiting crops like tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and squash. That said, gardeners with less light can
still grow veggies . the climate where you live :consider which plants are best suited to the local
climate.
3.Soil – You also want to pay attention to your soil as healthy soil is essential for healthy plants. In a new
garden site, a soil test kit will reveal what nutrients need to be added to the soil, as well as whether the
soil pH needs to be adjusted. May be soils tend to be acidic and they need to add lime to the beds each
autumn. also feed the soil with plenty of chopped leaves, compost, aged manure, kelp meal, and
various other soil amendments in spring and between successive crops.

6. The best soil for an edible garden/edible landscape
 free-draining, but still able to retain moisture and nutrients
 rich in organic matter
 neutral pH to slightly acidic (pH 6 to 7)
 rich in soil life, such as earthworms.
 An ideal soil pH for your edible garden is neutral to slightly acidic (pH 6 to 7) .An
acid soil can be adjusted by digging in calcium in the form of dolomite or lime.
Alkaline soils are harder to correct, but may improve over time with the addition
of sulphur and compost.
Suitable containers for an edible garden
•old wheelbarrows :these are great because they can be moved about
•old bathtubs or laundry tubs with holes for drainage
•plastic and terracotta pots : if these are on castors they can be moved around
easily
•large pots, barrels, large terracotta pipes and recycled containers
•raised garden beds, which can be purpose-built to suit your needs.

7. 1)Healthier Produce
Organically grown produce is much healthier than
chemical-treated fruits and vegetables. Crops that are
grown without using pesticides or herbicides are
tastier, more colorful, and healthier because the crops
utilized the benefits of a nutrient-dense soil.
2 ) Affordability
It may seem like growing crops organically is more
expensive than treating crops with chemicals but
organic farming can be affordable too. Sure, it takes
more effort to grow plants without using chemicals but
the actual costs are minimal.
Advantage Dis-Advantage
1 ) It Takes More Work
Yes, growing produce without using chemicals
do take more work because the practice itself
demands a high amount of interaction between
the grower and the crops. As a grower, you
want to make sure your crops are growing as
healthily as possible and if you are not using
chemicals, you are doubly cautious of diseases
and pests.
1)Expensive Produce
If you are growing crops for profits then you
know that organically grown fruits and
vegetables are more expensive than chemically
treated crops. Since it takes more work to grow
fruits and vegetables without using chemicals,
these products are more expensive

8. Types of Edible Garden /edible landscape Design
1)Raised bed :raised beds are made from untreated local hemlock but you can use many different
materials to make raised beds . but you can use many different materials to make raised beds.
2)Obelisks:Old fashioned bamboo teepees are a traditional way to grow climbing crops like pole beans,
but adding something a bit more formal, like a metal obelisk or bean tower can elevate a simple veggie
patch to a stylish potager.
3)Tunnels : tunnels are very simple and are made from 4 by 8-foot sheets of concrete reinforced mesh
panels that are attached to the wooden raised beds.
4)A Decorative Edge:a wooden raised bed was transformed with the addition of a low wattle edging.
The edging serves no practical purpose but it adds a natural detail that fits in well with the food plants.
Decorative edge
Tunnel
OBELISKS
Raised bed