Avantgardens. Best Edible Garden Winner by Gardenista. Britton Shepards mini homestead is situated on an exact half acre in Fall City, Washington, a small town near Seattle. They have a collection of ancestral fruit trees, a flock of chickens, and four gardeners (two of the large and two of the small varieties). Their edible garden is inspired by permaculture principles and designed to welcome children as foragers and helpers. It is composed of two main areas. First, the annual vegetable garden is composed of a flexible system of semi-raised beds that rotate crops throughout the season. The annual garden is approximately 200 square feet and is enclosed by a reclaimed wood fence. The paths are lined with straw for ease of weeding and to keep small feet clean. It is ringed by cutting flowers for the kids to sell out on the road. The second section of the edible garden has been deemed “berry boulevard,” as you can snack your way down the 120-foot bed. The bed is a long and narrow edible perennial border, beautiful across seasons and home to birds during the winter. Plantings include berries (raspberries and blueberries above, strawberries below), fruit trees for structure, and alliums, rhubarb, elderberry, angelica, and herbs of all kinds. Both planting areas are edged with a hand-formed concrete curb to keep the lawn from creeping into the beds. This delineation and structure give the garden an organized feel, even as it matures into the late-summer frenzy of sunflowers and tomatoes. More: gardenista/posts/best-edible-garden-winner-britton-shepard
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 07:05:01 +0000
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