Edible Landscaping

A Real Edible Landscape

Average American Yard

Edible Landscaping

Growing Your Own Food

“By 2050 there will be 9 billion people on the planet. We’ll have to produce more food in the next 50 years than all of mankind has produced in the last 10,000 years combined.”

Sample Veggie Garden

Saving Money

Vegetable Yields Dollars/Pound ValueLettuce 10 pounds $2.00 $20.00Leeks 10 pounds $1.50 $15.00Onions 16 pounds $1.50 $24.00Carrots 16 pounds $1.50 $24.00Peppers 30 pounds $1.50 $45.00Cabbages 18 pounds $1.00 $18.00Peas (double row) 8 pounds $3.00 $24.00Broccoli 16 pounds $2.50 $40.00Sweet corn 50 ears $0.50 each $25.00Pole beans 12 pounds $1.50 $18.00Potatoes 25 pounds $1.00 $25.00Cucumbers 10 pounds $2.00 $20.00Tomatoes 80 pounds $2.00 $160.00Eggplant 12 pounds $2.00 $24.00Cauliflower 8 pounds $3.00 $24.00Beets 12 pounds $1.50 $18.00Summer squash/zucchini 25 pounds $2.00 $50.00Winter squash (bush) 15 pounds $2.00 $30.00

Totals 338 pounds $604.00

Gross National Garden Product

•40 million households growing food•Average garden produces $600 worth of produce

•Gross National Garden Product :

24 billion dollars!

Edible Landscape Design

Diagram of What You Have

Bubble Diagram of What You Want

Design Concepts

Edible Front Yard

Edible Side Yard

Edible Backyard

Attractive Small Space Options

Raised Bed

Keyhole Bed

Bunch of Keyholes

Polyculture Bed

Garden in any nook

… or Cranny

Edible Hedge

Edible Vines

Edible Foundation Plants

Berries Near the House

Edible Barrier

Blackberries as Barriers

Choosing Edible Plants

Dwarf Trees

Apples

Disease-Resistant Fruits

Columnar Apple Trees

El Dorado peach

Dwarf Northstar cherry

Container Lemon

Figs

Figs in Containers

Serviceberry Tree

Serviceberries

Persimmon

Paw Paw

Paw Paw fruit

Paw Paw Flesh

Mulberries

Nut Trees

Edible Shrubs

Blueberries

Blueberry Fall Foliage

American Cranberry Bush

Pink Champagne Currants

Espalier Currants

Gooseberry Plant

Gooseberry Fruits

Elderberry

Elderberry Shrub

Black Beauty Elderberry

Nanking cherry

Aronia

Edible Vines

Grapes

Grapes on Trellis

Hardy Kiwi Vine

Hardy Kiwi Fruit

Hops

Scarlet Runner Bean

Eat Your Flowers

Pansy/Viola

Daylilies

Tulips

Sunflower

Edible Weeds

Beautiful Vegetables

Redbor Kale

Lettuces

Heirloom Tomatoes

Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter

Purple Asparagus

Golden Sweet Snow Pea

Black Pearl Pepper

Red Noodle Asparagus Bean

Graffiti Cauliflower

Crimson Fava Bean

Alpine Strawberry