Groundbreaking food gardens : 73 plans that will change the way you grow your garden

Summary: Here are 73 garden designs from horticulturalists, community gardeners, bloggers and print writers, television and radio hosts, and other professional gardeners. Contributions include design illustrations, plant lists, and stories explaining the personal quirks and motivations behind the garden. There's a plan to satisfy every craving.

Record details

ISBN: 9781612120614
ISBN: 161212061X
ISBN: 9781603428446
ISBN: 1603428445
Physical Description: print
263 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Urban farmscape -- Culinary herbs for beginners -- Pollinator-friendly raised bed -- Beautiful balcony edibles -- Southern-style backyard farm -- Edibles on a patio -- American potager -- Eggs and everything -- Fig-pig patio -- Critter control -- Eat your yard -- Partially shaded vegetables -- Windy city harvest -- Small space beds -- The circle of life -- Sunburst veggie garden -- Living walls -- Formal herb garden -- Chile lover's garden -- Starter kitchen garden -- Lasagna gardening -- Formal kitchen garden -- Grocery garden -- Backyard orchard -- Front-yard foraging -- Canner's garden -- Slow-food garden -- Power foods -- Heirloom sampler -- Wildlife-friendly garden -- Hanging gutters -- Modern truck garden -- Vintage victory garden -- Asian vegetables -- Garden squares for kids -- Urban homestead -- Teaming with microbes -- Urban shade garden -- Edible knot garden -- Vertical vegetables -- Culinary courtyard -- Concrete and steel garden -- Front-yard suburban farm -- Southern spring garden -- Founding fathers garden -- Terraced hillside -- Edible hedge -- Italian heritage garden -- Community plot -- Edible cutting garden -- Biodynamic farm -- Garlic sampler -- Rooftop farm -- Gourmet containers -- Cocktail garden -- Chicago hot-dog garden -- Upcycled edible patio -- Pallet garden -- "Good bug" garden -- Elizabethan garden -- An easy way to expand your existing garden -- Forager's garden -- Water-wise herbs and more -- Beat the grocery bill -- Fall and winter vegetables -- 52 weeks of salad -- Edible school garden -- Backyard brewer's -- OTTO pizza garden -- Year-round front-yard garden -- Edible campus -- Backyard beekeeper's garden -- Best-tasting tomatoes.