Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 May 16, 2009 7:55 pm I was wondering if anyone is, or will be considering incorporating edible gardens within the house landscaping costs? It might sound silly but the idea is catching on For example the last 12 months we have not purchased any greens or most veggies... Also managed to descreetly grow about 50 kg of trout and a few kg of marron. Do you grow any edibles? Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 2May 16, 2009 8:06 pm absolutely mate! I would deal with at least 3 or 4 enquiries a week relating to incorporating a veggie garden into a landscape package. For those here in WA even take a look at the work of Ben Mitchell. He does whole landscapes based on edible plants. His business is called "free gardening". The great gardens guys and girls travel the state teaching fellow sandgroper the "right" way to get a garden set up. No BS and no advertising things. They dispell what is said on Eastern Staes based shows and give the right advice and info for West Aussies. The government sponsor them to do this. I always suggest planting veggies in with your regular garden. For example chillis can as useful for striking colour as anyplant. You don't have to eat them. A whole bunch of lettuce can look like a feature when planted in big clusters throughout the garden space. This business of aquaponics is something I am sooooo interested in. It is gardening at it's best I reckon. It seems to cost a bit to set up but once that is done it starts paying for itself. Like solar power cells Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 3May 16, 2009 8:27 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 4May 17, 2009 9:48 am This idea of growing your own is gather momentum, and for good reason. Why not create a gareden that is both ornamental and produtive. You can replace camelias style hedges for avocados, azaleas for blueberries/raspberries. There are a variety of native plants and shrubs that are quiet ornamental and also produce fruit such as the lilly pilly and davidson plum. Citrus and olive trees also work well in most gardens Many vegies have ornamental varieties now that are very stricking in the garden, have a look at 5 coloured silverbeet. Red cabbages also look great and give a nice foliage contrast. Herbs most certainly would blend in well with most gardens. lavender, rosemary, thyme, parsley and chives are all 'tough' plants that can be somewhat ignored in the garden and still produce edible goodies. Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 5May 17, 2009 10:33 am We are going to try and incorporate an edible garden, we have very limited space on our block once our house is built. I saw a display home that had a similar size and layout we will be having and it looked great. Picklemouse's House - We have dirt and photos to prove it viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16548 http://picklemouse.blogspot.com Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 6May 17, 2009 1:18 pm Well I'm going to be having a vegie patch, but will probably plant my current chilli plant and some more throughout the rest of the garden and maybe some others 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 7May 17, 2009 1:21 pm I completely agree about the edible garden. My rear yard will be lawn, no-fuss natives or fruit/veg as part of the landscaping. I need to screen some areas of my yard and I'll be doing it using espaliered fruit trees After 4 years - we're in! Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 8May 17, 2009 2:16 pm I was watering my potted plants this morning and noted the edibles to add to my planted landscape - blueberries, Chilean guava, dwf nectarine, dwf peach, Tahitian lime, fig, basil and mint, Pinkabelle appple, macadamia and mango... omm nom nom as DD says Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 9May 17, 2009 4:46 pm I think an edible garden is a fantastic idea and most of the plants I put in my front or rear yard will be edible. Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 10May 17, 2009 6:58 pm Yes, such smart idea!!! At my old house, there is a family that has some sort of cabbages at their front garden in rows, it was amazing!!! Imagine soup, curries, yummmm!!! Thank you for bringing this up S & T Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 11May 17, 2009 9:20 pm awesome glad so many ppl value there space I had to have space for these guys Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 12May 17, 2009 10:29 pm Yeah go on, rub it in our face Folks it doesn't require much space at all to get fish growing like that, and the fish are working off the veggies which work off the fish It's all good till you give them names 'Oners doesn't have a huge set up I don't think. I have seen tanks that are only 1-2m x 600mm that would feed a family Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 13May 17, 2009 10:39 pm This thread also ties into this topic posting.php?mode=reply&f=19&t=18173 Re: Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape 14May 18, 2009 8:44 am Does anyone have any pictures or plans of their edible gardens they would like to show? Picklemouse's House - We have dirt and photos to prove it viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16548 http://picklemouse.blogspot.com Hi It came to my attention after the handover that - The facade cladding on the face and the side are not straight. -The face tapers down by 50mm from left to right and… 0 2461 Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 8775 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! 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