Edible Perennial Garden Design
Can we combine our fruit trees with several layers of edible pest controlling or nitrogen fixing low maintenance perennial understory plants to create a food forest.
Edible perennial garden design. Natives can often be at home in dryer banks of the property on the nature strip or integrated in and around food forests. While marjoram rosemary and sage have foliage worthy of any garden landscape. Be more resistant to pests.
What makes herb especial is how they can both add flavor to our dishes and structure in the garden. Fruit trees and perennial vegetables take a lot less work than the crops in a market garden. Perennials take a bit of extra time to establish versus annuals but once they get comfortable they ll do the following.
One of the main ways you can reduce your work in the garden is by planting perennial edibles instead of annuals. They can create a stable food source to increase your resiliency while also cutting your input. Including perennials in your edible garden allows you to have a beautiful lawn with a nice mixture of colors.
This edible garden is filled with vegetables herbs and perennials and the grassed path adds aesthetic appeal to the design. Perennial herbs such as lavender chicory and chives have pretty flowers worthy of the front yard. Well there are raised bed designs which make great decor ideas and are perfect for edible landscaping.