Evergreens are the foundation of any well-designed garden, providing structure, texture and interest at all times of year.

If you like to cook with what you grow, consider planting some that do double duty by providing attractive flowers that are also edible. Edible flowers can be found in many backyard landscapes and ...

Edible landscapes combine ornamental flowers with vegetables, fruits and edible flowers. Floral ingredients such as peppery nasturtiums or tart Calendula add flavor, texture, and color, and transform ...

Unfortunately, while edible flowers can make your meals a little more mindful and demure, they are often overlooked by home ...

Each edible flower, with its unique shape, size, and color, also brings a distinct nutritional profile. Nasturtiums pack a ...

Only plants that are really "edible" and mostly palatable for human consumption are treated here; plants for strictly medicinal preparations are not. The area harbors a great diversity of plant ...

The space is kept clear of other plants (weeds) and plants tend to be ordered in tidy rows. Edible forest gardens are less hands-on. You establish what your space is suited for (see below for how ...

A food forest is an agricultural system that mimics a woodland ecosystem by substituting edible trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals for non-edible forest plants. Fruit and nut trees make up the ...