The document discusses the goals and plans for an emerging garden. It describes various features the author is considering for the garden, including a tool shed, compost bin, chicken coop, greenhouse, fish pond, outdoor sink, herb garden, berry bushes, fruit trees, potato patch, and chestnut tree. Additional elements like a grill pit, stone pizza oven, and solar oven are mentioned for cooking outdoors. The author envisions a picnic table under a natural arbor near a flower and bamboo garden as an area to enjoy meals after cooking. The conclusion reflects on making the garden fully integrated for growing, cooking, and eating fresh local food while being less reliant on the commercial system.

1. Emerging Patterns and Goals

2. Emerging Patterns
At first, for this class I was thinking of using my parents back yard
but after thinking about it a little, I figured that I could use the
Back Yard to my apartment. Though, my land lord might a
something to say about me turning her back yard into a garden.

3. Emerging Patterns
As a Chef at UMass dining
I’ve been fortunate to
have worked with some of
the Sustainable Team
members that developed
three premature culture
gardens on campus. What
I didn’t know was how to
plan one myself.

4. Emerging Patterns
For this assignment, I started
to think of all the things I’ve
seen in my past that I thought
were good ideas and maybe a
few that weren’t. I’ve been
fortunate to come of age in
the Pioneer Valley where there
are many people who are
passionate about farms and
local food!

5. Emerging Patterns
For my flash cards I came up with
four different groups for a total of
20 cards. Structures, vegetable
and fruits, cooking equipment
and decorative. I thought that
this might be smaller than
average list but when I thought
about it I’m not married, don’t
have kids and work long hours at
my job. So maybe not having to
many features to start isn’t a bad
thing.

6. Emerging Patterns
So the practical side of me comes
out first in any project and when I
think of gardens I think of soil,
water, and tools. So a nice tool
shed with water collection made
sense, along with a compost bin.
The other feature are a chicken
coop, greenhouse, fish pond for
relaxing and an outdoor sink for
washing vegetables, which is such
a chore inside

7. Emerging Patterns
The next list is Vegetable and Fruits.
Of course this makes sense to me
being a chef. The usual suspects are
there herb garden, berry bushes,
fruit trees, plant stacking bed, potato
patch (also part of plant stacking)
and a few extras that are from my
past, Korean vegetables for Kim Chi
and Chestnut Tree. My parents
always planted chestnut trees where
ever they lived. In Korea they are a
symbol of good luck and they taste
great roasted in late fall.

8. Emerging Patterns
Again, as a chef I love cooking!
Especially for friends, and what
better way to cook than outside on a
beautiful summer night. The two
musts are a grill pit, to make tasty
vegetables and maybe a marinated
steak . The other, a stone
pizza/bread oven. My parents
owned a Italian American restaurant
and I just love carbs, especially fresh
baked! Lastly, after watching the
documentary in this weeks course
work, I never new a solar oven
existed. I can smell the Tuscan
Roasted chicken right now!

9. Emerging Patterns
So after cooking all that great
food I would need someplace to
eat and what better way on a
home made picnic table, next to a
flower and bamboo garden under
a natural arbor with grape vines.
Oh! I forgot a bee hive, for wax to
make candles and honey. This
would be a perfect night, grilling
great food, hanging out in a
beautiful garden with great
conversation and even better
friends!

10. Emerging Patterns
Conclusions
As I’m thinking of the possibility of owning land and what I would do
with it became very exciting to me. The interconnecting of the garden
is really a place to grow, cook, and eat all in one place. Enjoying what
nature has to offer and become less reliant on the commercial food
system is very applealing. Additionally, food taste better when its
fresher and cooked minimally. On item that I had a hard time
categorizing was the fish pond. My initial thought was to have a Koi
pond but after thinking about it is a Koi pond the best use of the
water? Maybe stocking with a few trout frys would be more useful.
My concern is how large and how deep the pond would need to be to
support the trout. Lastly, telling a story and how the food grows add to
the overall enjoyment of the food experience and what better place to
eat than outdoors.