Search Results for: Vegetables
Garden: White House Kitchen Garden
The 1,100-square-foot garden includes 55 kinds of vegetables, including peppers, spinach and arugula. The selection is a wish list put together by White House chefs.
Garden: A Productive Garden
My husband and I wanted a garden that was beautiful and productive. We built 17 raised beds for fruit,vegetables,perennials and a touch of art.
Garden: Garden of Growing Love
Small square in our front yard filled with vegetables... and love. Currently we have corn, pole beans, kale, shallots, snow peas, zucchini, tomatoes, assorted lettuces and sunflowers.
Garden: Posies and Pies
A tiny organic patio garden full of edible flowers, herbs and vegetables. The trailing ground veggies live in hanging baskets and I am training them to hang off the eves. The plants also provide shade for my apartment in the hot sun.
Garden: Posies and Pies
A tiny organic patio garden full of edible flowers, herbs and vegetables. The trailing ground veggies live in hanging baskets and I am training them to hang off the eves. The plants also provide shade for my apartment in the hot sun.
Garden: Edith Morley Park Community Garden
The Community Garden is located at Edith Morley Park, 615 Campbell Technology Parkway. The approximate ½ acre garden site has 39 - 10x20 garden plots. Community garden plots are available for Campbell residents who want to have a garden to plant vegetables, herbs or flowers, but don't have a suitable site where they live. Plots are issued on a year-to-year and first-come-first served basis, with a limit of one plot per family. There is a $30.00 annual fee. This covers watering costs and upkeep of the garden. Currently, there is a waiting list. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please contact Diana Johnson at (408) 866-2145 between the hours of 7:00 AM and 3:30 PM Monday thru Friday, or email gardens@cityofcampbell.com .
Garden: Parramore Community Garden
This community plot has rallied together a community and produced some romaine lettuce in the process. Located in Parramore, FL, this garden has vegetables of all varieties.
Garden: East Dallas Community Garden
The East Dallas Community, made up of Cambodian and Lao gardeners, grow vegetables, and then sell them to make up for the cost of tools, soil, and all the other expenses. Many times, its the money issues that can dissolve a community garden. These gardeners have put some thought into how a community garden works, and have divised a successful plan.
Garden: Brock's Mixed Vegetable Garden
We've got a backyard plot behind a small garage, exposed to full sun the majority of the day. It's about 20' x 13' and we're growing a decent variety of herbs and vegetables.
Garden: Fairview Christian Church Garden
Fairview Church Garden was on the Kansas City Urban Farms and Gardens tour for 2009, July 28! We are a community vegetable garden(using organic practices), Youth Garden 50 x 50, supported by the Missouri Extension office and Missouri Master gardeners, some raised bed areas with flowers and vegetables, 4 plots for local gardeners, roughly 20 x 20 with main garden about 340 x 40, growing tomatoes, mostly hierlooms, (cherokee purple, amana orange, carolina gold). We also have Peppers(bells, jalapenos, anahiems, cherrys), Eggplant, Kale, Swiss Chard, Corn, Potatoes(purples, pontiac, klondike), Greenbeans, Squash, Cucumblers, Okra(burgandy), Kohlrabi, Broccoli, Cabbage, Sweet Potatoes, Beets, Onions, and Garlic. Whewwww.... we have a few herbs...Dill, Chives, Parsley, Basil(green, christmas, red) Horseradish, Mint(chocolate and apple), lastly Borage. Flowers such as marigolds, zinnias, petunias, and nasturtium.
Garden: Boxes and Pots
The yard is in an older area and had been let go for a few years. My garden consists of 3 square boxes and 3 long planters plus several pots of vegetables, herbs and flowers. Vegetables are peas, carrots, cucumber, peppers, eggplant, broccoli, lettuce, radish, onions and tomatoes. I planted rhubarb in the yard as well. I also have 2 small flowerbeds. I also have most of a garden plot in one of the community gardens. I haven't been in it for about a week so I'm not sure what's going on with it. Potatoes, corn, tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, peas, beans, carrots, onions, beets, turnips, cucumbers, squash and pumpkin. If I get much of a crop I'm going to have to buy another freezer! I'm quite excited to see how things do. I planted several things that I never have before.
Garden: indigenous and exotic
smal, centered around pool. 3 small patches of lawn, backyard all vegetables and herbs
Garden: Bay Area Newspaper Group's "Our Garden"
"Our Garden" is a community and demonstration garden created by the Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune newspapers and the Contra Costa Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners. The goal is to educate both beginning and advanced gardeners on the best techniques for growing their own vegetables, and to help feed the hungry. Produce grown in the garden is being donated to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano. (Source: http://www.contracostatimes.com/ourgarden/ci_12495833 )
Garden: Vegetable Garden
Since we moved here in 1991, we have grown a full range of vegetables including potatoes, lettuce, radish, tomatoes, beans, peas, onions, and many herbs. We have mint, oregano, catnip, chives, rosemary, dill, thyme, and cilantro.
Garden: Lisa's West Coast Canadian Garden
This garden is on a city lot located on the West Coast of southern British Columbia in Coquitlam ~ It is a small urban garden with perennials for sun and shade, native plants, vegetables and herbs, and a large deck garden with funky pots, a water garden in a half whiskey barrel, and potted shrubs and trees.
The garden is is located on a plateau several hundred feet above sea level, although the ocean is only a few miles away, so it receives torrential down pourings of rain in the winter, AND spring, AND fall. And it also freezes for at least some of the winter. Snow and prolonged cold spells have become common in the past few winters. In the summer, the climate is hot and mostly dry for one to two months per year, and the heat can come on very fast, with no transition time which is hard on the plants, and the gardeners. Other garden threats here include children's feet, soccer balls, and my husband's four wheel drive wheels.
Garden: Vivian's Colony Farm Plot
1st year Community Plot - July 2009. Assorted vegetables, berries and a little lavender to attract the bees.
Garden: Roses and more
Small garden in Mississauga. It's like an english cottage garden with vegetables and roses peacefully coexisting
Garden: Praxis Permaculture
We live in an 1940 log house on 4.5acres, originally built from trees on the property by homesteaders on Gabriola Island. Some of the trees and flowers are here from the 1st owners, some new.
The property is a mix of native species forest (fir, maple, garry oak, arbutus, yew, cedar, pin cherry, alder); meadow; fruit (apples, plum, apricot, peach, blue-, straw- and raspberries); specimen trees & shrubs (japanese maples, liquid amber, mock orange, forsythia, lilac); perennial flowers & vegetables.
We have a fenced (from the deer) area around the house with raised beds and lots of rock walls and stone paths. Water - or the lack of it - is our main issue. We have no lawn and I cut the meadow grasses with a scythe.
We see ourselves as stewards of this property in which we want to encourage as much of the native species as possible. We work with a forest gardener to manage the treed areas (thinning dying and dangerous trees, planting new ones). We have a naturally wet area on the low point on the property and want to restore the it as a wetland with native plants and trees.
Our property is home to many species of insects inc. butterflies and bees, birds, snakes, tree frogs, deer - and we have planted species of flowers especially with them in mind. We try to grow heirloom varieties and have had heritage chickens in the past.
This year, for the first time, I am attempting to grow mushrooms by inoculating alder logs with white oyster and shiitake mushroom spawn.
Garden: my backyard
herbs, vegetables, perennials, some things we don't want (nettles, dandelions, too much oregano)
Garden: GardenMom's Garden
A combination of many edible plants, vegetables, perennials, fruits, herbs, and beautiful textures and smells. This is the first year for this garden. Visit my garden at http://www.gardenmom29.blogspot.com/
Garden: just-sing-it gardens
I have been transforming a long neglected property into gardens over the last 3 years. I now have a small pond and very little grass left. Alot of perennials, some vegetables, and fruiting shrubs: raspberries, boysenberries, and a full size mulberry tree that is driving me crazy: what a mess! But the berries are delicious and the birds love it. Still needs refining, better fencing, etc. I use no chemicals: organic methods only.
Garden: Gardens on Dale Street
I grow herbs and vegetables. This year tomatoes were bit, beans, snow peas basil and strawberries were added.
Garden: Jan's Garden
I have planted a variety of vegetables. Primarily garlic, tomatoes, peppers, onions, carrots, cabbage, zucchini, cucumbers, brussel sprouts, beans, peas and sweet potatoes.
Garden: Franks Gardens
I enjoy growing many types of perennials such as lilies, roses and cut flowers and enjoy growing vegetables and fruits in our edible garden patch.
Garden: Little Patch o' Green
A little raised bed garden in the open sun. Has a little of everything growing from flowers to vegetables; annuals to perennials;common to rarities.
Garden: Bianey's garden
Mixed Vegetables, a few flowers,berries a little on the wild side. We manage to supply a lot of our own seasonal vegetable needs.There is always something new
Garden: Keyhole ornamental and vegetable garden
Summer vegetables mix with zinnias, cosmos, dahlias and marigolds in this backyard garden. The keyhole design is centered on an arbor covered with iceberg roses and a teak bench that looks into the garden. Not so formal when the chickens are loose!
Garden: Healthy Kidz Minnie St. Community Garden
This community garden was started in the spring of 2008 as a project of two churches (Rosedale United Church of Christ and St. Paul AME Zion) in the Rosedale area of Kansas City Kansas. An empty lot, made available by a 'Good Neighbor' allowed the garden to come to life. Their mission was to make available healthy food options for the folks living in the immediate area. In the fall of '08 volunteers from another church joined them. (Rainbow Mennonite)
In the summer of 2009 a small "Farmer's Market" was started on the church parking lot. Produce is also harvested and sold to individuals at different times. Some of the veggies are given away.
The UCC Church was host to the Healthy Kids Initiative Day Camp in August. The kids walked to the garden and were able to see first hand how their vegetables grow. They then were able to "pick" and fill their baskets.
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Garden: Trina's Herbs and Vegetables
I grow many herbs and have a big vegetables garden. I've just started collecting roses a few years ago and have about 35 different ones. I also have a pond that I made bigger last year.
Garden: Bright's Grove Garden
I have a garden that is my retreat away from everything and everyone. It is mostly shade and it is continuous work in progress. My front garden recently lost a gorgeous blue spruce that went down in our Spring 2009 wind storm.I am having trouble deciding what to do in this huge space that the spruce left, so this site may be very helpful to me this fall as I try to create a new garden space.
Garden: Mother Earth's Community Garden
We are the first community garden in Fort Smith. We grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers, but most of all, we grow friendships. We plan on starting an orchard this fall. We have just about completed our children's garden and are getting ready to build our own greenhouse from recycled wooden windows. Our composting area will be completely reworked this fall.
We show movies in our garden and have all types of parties. We have our own firepit and kitchen area with a regular grill and a cooking pit. We showcase the arts and our artists. If you are in the region, come downtown to the garden. We're located at the corner of North 9th and D Streets and our gate is always open.
Garden: Pat's Garden
My yard is located on the Ridge overlooking the South Saskatchewan River. Full Sun in the backyard (South exposure) and for periods of time in the rest of the yard....perennial and shrub beds...no vegetables.
Garden: Gaia Grows
I've a small nursery runniing from my home, where I grow organic vegetables, Herbs and medicinal plants. Its my passion and my pleasure.
Garden: coco's garden
My garden is still evolving as i want more planting space. Right now I have two raised beds for vegetables that my husband and I built. We are planning on adding more next year because we love the taste of fresh food with no preservatives.
Garden: My little corner of peace.
My garden is a mixture. The vegetables are grown in raised beds throughout the backyard with full to partial sun. I also have edged the garden with fruit trees, grapes and arctic kiwi, and I have a shade perennial garden that is fairly natural woodland. I mix wild strawberries in amongst the perennials and try to make my garden bird friendly. It is a totally organic garden complete with waterfall, stream and pond. We plan to add the mediterranean feel with stone pizza/bread oven and deck surrounded by herbs. My latest addition is the start of a butterfly/hummingbird garden.
Garden: Mom's Garden
I Love to grow any kind of flower if it will survive in my yard. Very windy, and full sun to part shade, mixed soil conditions. Started a compost this year,( have tried before but not successful) The garden is always changing , mostly because I cannot make up my mind, that is always a good thing for my friends whom I give my extra plants to. I planted vegetables this year, and am loving the great taste of home grown veggies. yum.
Garden: Mary Veldman
Our garden consists of a mixture of perennials, shrubs, trees, annuals and vegetables. We love rocks and have retrieved the stones from many sources throughout Eastern Manitoba.
Garden: Sharon & Tony's Blood, Sweat & Tears
Fifteen raised beds for vegetables; patches of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, flower beds, fruit trees
Garden: 4000 Ft Ski Hill Veggies
For the past three years I've been attempting to re-establish a garden which my mother had over 10 years ago. The earth sat for about eight years and then weeds invaded with overgrowth (as the house and property were rented). I have been adding sand, peat and manure to the clay like soil and am starting to have success with growing vegetables. Which is great considering the house is just under 4000ft on the Kimberley Ski Hill. Next step is to landscape and re-establish a lawn.
Garden: Tracee's Sunshine Coast Garden
This gentle garden is a combination of flowers, herbs, vegetables and a patch of coastal rain forest. I believe in companion planting as an effective way to deter pests and hand weeding opposed to herbicides. Relaxed gardening is part of my method, you win some, you lose some. The important thing is that you have fun and enjoy the journey. Gardening is Life.
Garden: Midleton Community Gardening
This is a previously neglected area in front of a parade of shops which is being "renovated" by a volunteer group from the Midleton Transition Town Project. We are a group of like-minded people with an interest in global issues such as Climate Change, recycling and encouraging self-sufficiency by growing your own herbs and vegetables. The object of the gardening excercise is to increase awareness and interest in growing herbs and other beneficial plants in addition to providing colour and interest to an uncared for area.
The shoppers and other local people are free to help themselves to seeds and to take and use the herbs, flowers etc. in the hope that they will develop an interest in growing their own produce.
Garden: Angie & Terry's Garden
A large variety of perennials, annuals, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, herbs, etc in my front and back yard.
Garden: Lapaie's acreage.
This site was a former gravel pit when we started 9 years ago. The soil is very gravelly over a heavy clay base. The Southern Gulf Islands of BC are in a 'rain shadow' so water is limited. We think we have created a wonderful haven for birds and humans! Our garden includes a pond and stream, 18 fruit trees and raised boxes for vegetables.
Garden: Back Yard dream
pond,fountains,vegetables,annual and perennial flowers, fruit, paths and rock walls, Trellis and decks, firepit and benches....Beautiful!
Garden: Dark Creek Farm
Mix of vegetables, herbs, small orchard, garden pond, livestock, and wild areas on 1.67 acres. We're located on the Cordova Bay Ridge overlooking the Hunt Valley.
Garden: Zen and the Art of Garden Maintenance
With the purchase of our home 2 years ago, I inherited several raised weed and bramble infested beds in my southern exposed back yard. After much work I am learning to grow vegetables and currently have scarlet runner beans, swiss chard, ever-bearing strawberries, cucumbers, carrots, yellow bush beans, beets and a section of herbs. I love it!
Garden: Marge's Garden
Flowers and vegetables in my front yard; hated mowing grass. A work in progress.
Garden: Back to Basics
Vegetables, Fruit trees, grapes, blueberries, thornless blackberries, and garlc
Garden: Happy Garden Acres
Vegetables and fruits are grown here, along with sunflowers for the birds or squirrels.
Garden: an octopus' garden in the shade
a little of this and a little of that, area gardens wherever it looked balanced, alot of planting where ever the bulbs or seeds landed!
Garden: Gaïardin
Gaïardin is situated on a 3.5 acre with includes an old apple orchard, perennials, medicinal plants, herbs, vegetables and garlic.
Garden: Veggie - Flower garden mix
I am growing a variety of vegetables in what used to be a mainly flower garden. This is the first year, with beans, carrots, squash, parsley, swiss chard, lettuce, and now am putting in kale and collard for the winter months, which I hope will grow! It's an experimental garden at this point, mainly because I love gardening and have access to soil.
Garden: Gordon Young Garden
a mixed garden of 1.5 acres with a fruit garden, vegetables, flower beds, woodland garden. Very friendly for wildlfife
Garden: overgrown cottage garden
created gardenrooms, small kitchengarden, greenhouse, fragrant flowers/bushes. Some healing plants
Garden: veg and flower garden
Aflower,vegatable and fruit grden with a wood to the west.patially walled and fenced.child and animal friendly.nearly have something flowering all year round and a wide variety of vegetables.
Garden: Dorpsplaas - Karoo garden
An eclectic garden in the Great Karoo - mostly indigenous and waterwise; vegetables, fruit trees and an olive grove.
Garden: Garden on a Hill
Vegetable garden on a hill...Raised borders cut into the clay ...Square Foot Gardening method used with heirloom vegetables where possible
Garden: allotment
My allotment is on a slope, south facing, about 5oft long. i'm growing all kinds of vegetables and herbs, this is my first year there so i am an absolute beginner!
Garden: Heverin Garden
Vegetable Garden with raised beds containing organic material/soil, growing herbs, root and other vegetables from seed. Hoping to expand in size next year to introduce more varieties of vegetables and fruit plants/trees.
Garden: my wee bit of paradise
i have inherited this one, so a work in progress. Soon to build a new house in same area so can start from scratch. mostly perennials and roses, some natives, have a small vege garden in old baths
Garden: Green Urban Living
A edible, organic garden established following permaculture ideas. Round raised gardens are maintained by my chickens in their round chicken dome. I produce all our compost and fertiliser on site, not to mention all our vegetables and much of our fruit.
Garden: sils garden
a beginners garden, trying to grow as many plants from cuttings due to budget. beginning to put in fruiting trees, vegetables, so our garden is both pretty and practical...however it is difficult due to stage four water restrictions.
Garden: Food stop
Two allotment size plots for vegetables, 20ft polytunnel, orchard of 25 or more apple and pear trees, a soft fruit garden with black and red currants, raspberries. Coppiced wooded area, with willow plantings of various diffrent types and sculptured willow hedges.
Garden: The Parsley Patch
Home based garden business with a focus on permaculture. Includes chcikens raise dofr eggs and fruit trees plus worm farm and herb production along with seasonal vegetables. Tours of garden and Horticultural advice available bt arrangement.
Garden: BT's Busy Garden
My house is in County Clare, in a little spot called Doorus, next to Lough Graney. I have 5 acres of land but 3 of those are meadow. It is all very damp as I live next to a bog, with my husband. He has been associated with horticulture all his life and I have always been a gardener.
We have mostly mixed beds with a core of shrubs and perennials plus some annuals for colour. Cosmos do particularly well and dahlia. We have many bulbs, tulips and daffodils plus others. We have a large contorted willow in the front lawn.
A stream runs down the land when it rains, but soon dries up if it ever stops raining. My husband grows vegetables, gladioli and the annuals from seed. We love our fresh vegetables.
When we moved here, the front garden had been laid out with walls with plants in the tops of them. We have added several beds.
Garden: Villa Flores
combination, palms, heliconias, gingers, tropical fruit, sq ft vegetables, fruit trees
Garden: Quinta Quijotito
An organic garden, mostly raised beds, containing culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, flowers and vegetables.
Garden: church garden
it's a self sufficiency garden i've built up the soil from scratch, built a chookshed, am on rainwater from a tank and have espaliered a variety of fruits, and grow as many different types of heirloom vegetables and herbs as i can. there was a small grove of almonds when i got here and a few gums but the rest of my 500 metre squared patch that's not covered by my litlle brick church has been converted to garden beds.
Garden: MJ's Culebra garden
I garden about 30 feet from a salt water bay on the Caribbean Sea which makes for some interesting challenges. Vegetables, herbs, orchids and more can thrive and/or die with a rise in the salty wind. But it keeps me happy!
Garden: No Till Permaculture Garden
I have a few vegetables here and there, some berries, and 47 fruit trees!
Garden: Schoolgarden of Käpylä Comprehensive School
Schoolgarden for 600 children and youths from age 7-16 since 1999.
Pupils grow vegetables during biology lessons and prepare food of them on home economics lessons.
Our pupils with special needs (about 50 of them) do some of their training for different professions on our schoolgarden.
On this site there has been communal gardening for children since 1930´s.
Our mission with gardening is to enhance teaching of natural sciences and sustainable development. Also we wish our pupils to get real life experiences and understanding and respect to farming and food.
Garden: Winston Smoyer Memorial Community Garden
The Winston Smoyer Memorial Community Garden boasts nearly 100 individual garden sites that are tended by individual gardeners, who enjoy planting fresh flowers and garden vegetables. They also enjoy getting together once a month for informative monthly meetings and workshops on gardening.
The Garden is named after Winston Smoyer, a retired Alhambra High School teacher, who was one of the most arden Alhambra Community gardeners in its history. He loved his plot, and provided friends with a never-ending supply of fresh vegetables, including some of the largest zucchini known to Alhambra. He was also a community activist, serving as long-time President and Curator of the Alhambra Historical Society, member of the Board of the Alhambra Day Nursery, member of the Alhambra Chamber of Commerce (where he won the Chamber's prestigious "Citizen of the Year" award), and other community organizations.
Garden: Potrero Hill Community Garden
Established in the early 1970s, the Potrero Hill Community Garden is one of 40 gardens operating under the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. Membership is open to any resident of the city.
Located on a once-vacant lot above the slopes where the "Goat Lady" of Potrero Hill used to graze her herd, the garden now consists of 50 plots and common areas maintained by local residents using only organic methods.
The garden boasts of panoramic views of the Mission, Twin Peaks, and beyond. Its sunny, Mediterranean climate permits cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals, including dahlias -- the official flower of San Francisco. (Source: http://www.potrerogarden.org )
Garden: Vegetable Garden
I enjoy the making of Japanese vegetables by organic farming in the backyard of the house.
Garden: Paxton Garden
Laura and John are growing vegetables and herbs this summer! Paxton Garden is a container garden on an east-facing balcony in the suburbs of Chicago. We have planted tomatoes, green beans, spinach, arugula, Swiss chard, broccoli, lettuce, strawberries, green garlic, basil, cilantro, oregano, parsley, and lavender.
For more visit: http://paxtongarden.blogspot.com/
Garden: Solace Corner
A very small garden, but well-kept for my amateur gardening standards. There are 5 palm trees, 3 on the outside of my fence and 2 inside. Mixture of sorts: 3 different coloured bougainvilleas, basil, savila, passionflower and "copa de oro" vines cover the front fence for extra privacy, banana, chaya, papaya, various others of which I dont know the proper name (despeinadas?), bird of paradise,etc.
I would like to put more colour into the garden, and maybe some vegetables in conatiners. Any suggestions for the area? Tulum's soil is not very fertile, due to the fact that the Yucatan Peninsula is a huge shelf of limestone. I usually bring back more fertile earth from inland areas. Digging can sometimes be hard because of the huge quantity of rocks that can get quite big.
Garden: Lorelle's Landscape
Various Bulb type plants, fruit trees, many trees and a big lawn. A few vegetables.
Garden: Lorelle's Landscape
Various Bulb type plants, fruit trees, many trees and a big lawn. A few vegetables.
Garden: Oasis on Bay
Frontyard is mostly flowers and some berries.Deer can access this area (for now). Backyard is vegetables, greenhouse, flowers and berries.Deer cannot access unless someone leaves the gate open.
Garden: Seaside garden
I have raised gardens at the back with vegetables. the front is in mostly flowers trees and bushy plants.
Garden: vegetables, pot plants and orchids
Most of my garden is made up of pot plants, I live in Australia and there is a big push for gardeners living in Australia to grow Australian Natives, but I have to say I'm not a great fan, I love to grow Orchids, Rhodedendrons, ferns, gardeniars, I like plants that have lovely flowers, but I also like the weird and the wonderful plants, unfortunantly we are in the middle of a very long drought and that makes gardening here a bit difficult, especially for me as most of my plants are very water hungry, I also have a very productive vegetable garden that my friends are all happy about as I grow so many vegies that I could'nt possibly eat them all myself.
Garden: Jen's garden
Mostly exotic shrubs with a couple of australian natives and some vegetables and herbs
Garden: The Sanctuary
I plan to make a garden composed of roses,daisies and vegetables such as lettuce,tomatoes and other veggies suited for cultivating here in Anderlues,Belgium.I also intend to have waterfalls in a Japanese-inspired Zen type corner garden.
Garden: East Geelong garden
My garden was established by my grandfather, though I have changed it substantially since he was alive, planting more native plants, cottage type plants, and now lots of vegetables.
Garden: VASIE'S PARADISE
PLANT VEGETABLES AND PLANT CUTTINGS AND ALSO FROM SEEDS. STILL A LOT TO LEARN
Garden: My Little Piece of Mind
It's a mix of flowers, herbs, some vegetables and roses in the cloud forest of Central Guatemala.
Garden: My Little Garden
My garden is a little bit of everything. Although there is a lot of space to work with, I've tried to bring some of home (Minnesota) to my garden for my children. It has western grass in the middle, edged by small planting spaces that I've created with brick borders. There are two lilac trees, to remind me of the smells of spring when I was a boy. I grow seasonal berries, like strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries in some of the individual plots, and vegetables such as onions, tomatoes, broccoli, garlic, cucumbers, cabbage, etc. In others I grow flowers, such as roses, tulips, daffodils, and so on. And I also raise herbs, lavender, marjoram, thyme, basil, rosemary and mint. All together, I average about 150 different plants, either potted or planted in the soil.
Garden: phokea
lemon tree, fig tree, plum tree, cherry tree, peanut tree, almond tree, olive tree, gardenias, hybiskus, hortance, avocado tree, roses, basil, mint, tulips and other flowers, and vegetables and herbs depending the season
Garden: Kapiti Coast Miracle in the Making
A sandy backyard under conversion to a productive home orchard and vegie patch through mulch, manure and love. Learning what grows, what dies and what thrives in Kapiti. Putting in a rainwater tank, a hothouse and much more in year to come. Looking to help with local Raumati community garden and learn from local gardeners with more experience with coastal gardening.
Garden: Rollandet Community Garden
The Idaho Falls Community Garden is about growing - growing flowers, growing vegetables and fruits, and growing a community of people who can share their love of gardening while taking good care of our small part of the earth. The Rollandet Community Garden is one of the IFCG's three gardens. It offers wheelchair accessible raised beds.
Source: http://www.srv.net/%7Eklack/Garden/about.htm
Garden: Tizer Botanic Garden and Arboretum
The best raspberry and strawberry patches in the county are right here in the gardens and if you are lucky enough you might even get to taste them. Vegetables of every kind can be found growing even in this harsh environment that usually gets less than 60 consecutive frost free days.
The Rose Garden was developed in 2003 for the purpose of testing roses for Weeks Roses of California. Today, the Rose Garden is home to mostly Canadian roses.
Perennial as well as annual herbs are abundant in herb garden. Medicinal, edible and tea herbs happily intermingle.
Source: http://www.tizergardens.com/index.html
Garden: Choko's Vegies and flower garden
Colourful flowers growing at the front yard and variety of vegetables growing at back yard. Pleasant atmosphere watching bees, butterflies, squirrels and all buzzing, flying, etc etc. hmmmmmmmmm relaxing:)
Garden: Edible
We have a number of pots with various plants, fruit tree garden as well as a raised garden for growing vegetables. I wanted to be able to have flowers so have a few planters that I grow flowers in. I have been growing from seed as well which has been interesting.
Garden: Anne's Garden.
My garden is a mixed garden, with flowers, shrubs, trees, - ornamental, forest and fruit trees - vegetables and other interesting plants. It is in an acre of land that had been plantes with larches, oaks and sycamores mostly. Besides being a multy featured garden it also has a wild side to its nature. It is quite varied in plane as it is slopy but also flat on some areas.
Garden: Pia's summerplace
1 ha allotment in northern Helsinki. I grow berries (currants, strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries) and some summer vegetables...
Garden: Garden of Love
Full grown garden with plenty of trees and shrubs. I started a veggie garden in Oct 2009 with a huge variety of vegetables and herbs. Apricot, Mulberry, Avocado, Red plum, Black plum and a Fig tree, already harvesting off.
Greywater system and rainwater harvesting system in Garden. Painted our roof White to help curb global warming. Planning to go solar this year!
Garden: Vierula
Old fashioned cottage type garden. Traditional finnish perennials and roses. A small kitchen garden with herbs and vegetables.
Garden: Greenheart
Country village house garden, around 700 sq.mtrs., with established single walnut, quince, plum, fig and peach trees, with new small cherry and plum. Strawberry patch, small side lawn area, row of raspberries, various vegetables and fruit grown in rest of garden from spring to winter, including garlic, potatoes, sprouts, sweet-corn, onions, carrots, courgettes, pumpkin, plus some herbs (more planned), melons, grapes and blackcurrants. Flower and bulb plot immediately in front of house - the main side of which faces South, plus other bulb and flower area against wall facing quiet road. Small drive inside traditional gate. Very sunny aspect, village nestling beside Stara Planina mountains in Bourgas region of Bulgaria.
Garden: Kotikari
Flowers: from shadow to moderate daylight
Kitchen garden: all easy-to-grow vegetables and herbs
Soil: Muddy, keeps water
Problem: keeping the growth alive during the winter
Garden: Ben's lovely garden of flowers
in my garden, I did plant lots of flowers, some vegetables...I plan to do re-organise my garden or make it looks tidy, plant more vegetables this summer (2010), hope to get more ideas from friends here...thanks!
Garden: Elizabeth & Alan's sub tropical garden
Our garden is a mixture of sub-tropical, roses, vegetables and traditional with mostly flowering shrubs.It is divided into two with mostly sub-tropical round a swimming pool and other more traditional plants in the other half. The garden has all day sun.
Garden: My little garden next to the river
A small garden with the shady stuff alongside the house, the sunny stuff against the far wall, a small pool and a huge palm at the back. No space for vegetables, although I want to get my sons interested in growing them!
Garden: my tiny garden
i grow different kinds of plants in my garden like flowers,cocktus some herbs etc. during summer i plant vegetables like eggplant,okra,green pepper and tomato.i really enjoy harvesting them when they're ripe..
Garden: My Garden
A steep, Welsh woodland garden on the side of a mountain (my lawn is higher than the roof of my house).The soil is acidic and the area damp and I have problems with rhododendrons, ferns, foxgloves and ground elder. I grow flowers, fruit and vegetables. The garden is bordered by 4 other overgrown, uncared for gardens which makes life very hard as I seem to spend most of my time cutting back other people's overgrowth!
Garden: John Ducie's Garden
Robinsonian style garden with mature trees shrubs and herbaceous plants, fruit trees, rock garden,vegetables and greenhouse
Garden: Sue & Tom's Garden
We grow a wide variety of vegetables, flowers and fruit trees. We pretty much feed ourselves vegetables and fruits from the garden (organic and spray-free) most of the year. Looking to do more. Involved with seed saving and loving it!
Garden: Traditional cottage garden
I grow heirloom vegetables as well as flowers, herbs and fruit trees.
Garden: le jardin de popilé
annuals, perenials, vegetables and whatevers grows in an alitude of 1000 meters
Garden: maria´s plot
trying to grow organic vegetables but the soil is poor and would like a much prettier garden full of flowers but I get too much sun and too much wind.
at the moment i´m growing broad beans, lettuce, onions, leeks, artichoke, trying to grow spinach and fennels but these last two are not doing very good.
Garden: City Country Garden
100 ft long 30 ft wide large city garden. Yard with brick herb garden 10ftx10ft approx. Surrounded by evergreen hedging. Two 10ftx4ft brick built raised beds for vegetables in main part which gets the sun from dawn to 7pm in the summer. End one third of garden largly shaded by neighbours trees. Delapidated green house at end of plot. Planning to put in mobile hen house this spring with 3 hens. Garden slopes down and is mainly lawn with plenty of moss. It is beautiful and I love it more then life it's self.
Garden: moments of joy and quietness
Roses, rosemary and camelias...geraniums, passion fruit and lavender... aples, oranges and pears... a variety of tasty vegetables and herbs...cactus and aloes... a never ending fantasy...
Garden: Perennial Loves
My Westsyde garden along the North Thompson River in Kamloops is a mixture of shrubs, perennials, and vegetables.
Garden: Japanese Garden
Garden is located in the corner of two streets, surounded by a tall hedge of cedars, but sonny enough and nicely done in terms of architecture. When I got there in July 2009 it was full of weeds and Pampas Gras. Spend a lot of time, digging out the roots. One part should be a Zen-like garden, one part I will grow some vegetables and herbs. There is an old japanese Apricot-tree. Did bloom, now I'm waiting for the leafes.
Garden: Sheila's Garden
I grow flowers and vegetables...
I look for things that will survive the hot summer with sometimes drought conditions and severe winters!
Garden: Torre Amat. Sarrià
Torre Amat (www.torreamat.com) is an Art Noveau Palace prepared to celebrate all kind of private events. Little weddings, dinners, working lunch and Showrooms.
We also have a lemmon tree for the Gin Tonics and a little growing land where we grow our own vegetables.
Garden: Debbies tub city
I am doing my best to grow vegetables in containers as cannot get down to dig and plant in ground. Also back garden on a slope which not helpful but not big enough to terrace. Hve massive side garden which I hope to Landshire for help with the heavy work in it. Front garden is mainly just flowers and shrubs
Garden: Pixie garden
My garden is a mixture of vegetables,herbs, perennials and annuals. I am trying to encourage butterflies and birds to my garden.
Garden: R-Garden
Started in 2005 as a 10X10 plot, I now garden 200 square feet with my partner. In Spring 2010, we completed major structural renovations to merge the various expansion barriers, solve some drainage issues and create a cold composting wall. A wall of native plants will line the composting wall. Our plot is a combination of ornamentals, herbs and vegetables. Our space is spiritual as well as functional and features Kuan Yin, Goddess of Mercy as a central feature. Stone paths provide access to the entire plot.
Garden: Lake Forest Park sun/shade mix
Flowers, fruit trees, vegetables, and shrubs coexist with a few large trees.
Garden: S & D's Little Acre
There are 4 micro climates on the property. The north side is shady except for the full sun on the strip of land we have expropriated from our neighbor. The back varies from full to dappled sun and is where we grow our vegetables and herbs. There will be a shade garden under the cedar trees. There are appx. 300 sq. ft. of soil to be enriched that was under the 50 year-old cement pad we removed last fall. The side strip to the south of the garage along a brick wall will hopefully produce a variety of vegetables--this is the first year. The front is the lovely flower garden established 3 seasons ago with a place for zucchini in the sunniest spot in the yard. It's a Little Acre in transition. Weather is still a bit cold yet.
Garden: Backyard Bounty
Edible garden, Plums, nectarine, apricot, persimmon, vegetables, watermelon, favas, tomatoes, cucumbers, and raspberries.
Garden: The wee plot
My garden is a small patch on which I grow basic vegetables for our household i follow organic principles and get great results.
Garden: Dee's Retirement Project
Shrubs, Annuals, some vegetables. Like birds, have feeders and birdbaths
Garden: Organic Gardening for My Family
Trying to grow as much of my own organic vegetables and fruit that I can. Have large vegetable garden and small orchard with about 12 trees.
Garden: Dave and Paulines garden
Mixture of vegetables, Rhubarb, greenhouse edibles,Approx. 50 Roses, Bulbs,Daffodils,Tulips, Gladioli, Lillies, Snowdrops,Dahlias, Shrubs, Hydrangeas, Potentillas Buddlia, Spiraea's,Berberis,Weigela's, Philadelphus, Peonies, Forsythia, Fuschias, Hostas, pyracantha, Euonymus, Virginia Creeper, Cotoneaster, Cistus,Hibiscus, Periwinkles, Sweet williams, Foxgloves, quince, Honeysuckle Lovech, Clematis, Lupins, Achillea, Galliardia's Dianthus, Carnations Lavender, Curry plant?, Aquiligea, Chrysanthemums, Geraniums Grasses, Fruit bushes,Gooseberry, Black and Red currents, Raspberries, strawberries,Grape vines. Fruit trees, Apples, Fig,
Peaches,Pears,Cherry,Plum,Walnuts. 2 wildlife ponds,
Garden: Barrella Gardens
20 different Heirloom Tomatoes, beans, all types of herbs and vegetables fruit trees, fig trees, berries: blue, rasb, straw, Itaian Zuchini so far.... updates soon
Garden: JGW Garden
Relocating the garden this year, refining raised beds and incorporating Square Foot Garden ideas. Grow mainly vegetables.
Garden: The Half Ton Garden
The garden is on our third floor apartment building deck. We cultivate a variety of vegetables, as well as florals. In particular we have several hibiscus, a jade tree and a miniature citrus tree which we have had for several years. We do our best to begin our gardening efforts early and stay on until the last days outdoors. The day we bring our plants indoors only means we have beautiful plants to enjoy all winter. We enjoy our days and nights out amongst our Half Ton Garden.
Garden: Organic culinary& medicinal garden
I grow a range of vegetables, brassicas, legumes,1 chia plant, yet to flower, goji berry, tomatoes, potatoes, berry fruit and a few heritage fruit trees, plum, peach, 3types, herbs, - a vriety of medicinal and culinary,. At the front I am trying to create a cottagey type garden of old fashioned flowers.
Garden: HERBARIUM
Parque privado abierto a la comunidad, el Herbarium tiene un jardín sensorial con hierbas aromáticas, una huerta orgánica con parrón y frutales, plantaciones aromáticas de lavanda, huerta comunitaria para niños "Pillpa", laberinto y prado de relajación. Tienda de regalos. Abierto de lunes a viernes 8 a 17 horas, sábado de 9 a 18 horas. Clases de Herbología, Terapia Hortícola, Dibujo Científico y Huerta Urbana. Talleres sabáticos y visitas guiadas. Más info en (562)2797087, www.herbarium.cl, email: herbario@herbarium.cl o en Facebook como Herbarium o Huerta Urbana Herbarium
Private park open to the community. Sensorial garden. Organic orchard, vegetables and aromatic herbs production. Labyrinth (7 circuits), horticultural therapy programme for kids "TiNi Pillpa". Gift Shop. Workshops (starting April 8): Botanical Drawing, Herbology and Urban Orchard. Guided visits for schools, groups and associations on request. More info: Phone: (56.2)2797087, email:herbario@herbarium.cl, www.herbarium.cl or in Facebook as "Herbarium", "Pillpa" or "Huerta Urbana". Open to the public Monday to Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. Saturday from 9am to 6pm. Free entrance to the park.
Garden: Inus's Experimental Garden
Doin Rose's,Hot Pepper Plants, Vegetables, Herbs and Annuals in a mixed Garden. Have Raised Beds, Most of the yard is on a slope. Busy Replacing Shady front Lawn area with Monograss Have a Potbelly Pig to share garden with
Garden: My Bulgarian Garden
2000 sqm's or so mainly for vegetables, plus extensive fruit trees and another 18,000 sqm's of land currently used for grazing but may consider planting some fodder crops for animal feeds. We're smallholders and raise animals for meat and try to grow as much as we can without the use of chemicals or machinery.
Garden: Janet's Garden
Partially shaded NE facing back garden growing herbaceous perennials and annuals and vegetables in containers on the patio. Sunny front SW facing garden also growing herbaceous perennials and some alpines.
Garden: Ilala Oasis
Our garden has a wonderful mixture of trees, fruiting and non fruiting, deciduous and evergreen, flowers, vegetables, fruiting vines, herbs and exotic foliage. It is still a new garden to us although many of the trees are old, we are still planting trees, bushes(Arbustos)and vines and hope to put in many more herbs and fruiting plants, both native to this area and exotic.
Garden: Hy's vegetable garden
I have self watering containers and I plant a variety of vegetables and fruits in them.
This year I'll be planting - green peppers, hot peppers, beans, some herbs, onions, strawberries, raspberries and I think I'll try to do potatoes too.
Garden: Tropical Plants
recently I spend my time on gardening,it's really enjoyeable and exciting.talking with them while watering.Lastyear I planted various of vegetables like 24kind in a very small space.Show some pic.take a look!
Garden: A Garden for All Seasons
A moderate sized suburban garden. Mainly shrubs and herbaceous borders to provide all season leaf colour and flowers. Gravel area and lawns front and rear. Some seasonal containers and an area for vegetables, mainly growing onions, shallots and climbing beans.
Garden: Dingle Bay Allotment
I have an allotment in the southwest of Ireland. It is a very beautiful place but quite exposed as it faces to the atlantic sea. There are 20 allotments in all.I started with 25'x15' and now increased it to 50'x30'.It took alot of extremely hard work to pepare the ground as it was previously a field of corn maise and very stoney, too much so! Now I can say I am happy with the back breaking work.I worked alot at night too, on and after reading up on certain vegetables to remind myself of their specific requirements as last year I was a novice and pretty much studied the Royal Horticultural Encylopedia of Gardening! So also with the knowledge from my parents I have to say I had one truly amazing allotment. I had drawn a design, several at that but kept to one which I have for record so I know what went where and dated it too. I grew potatoes,beetroot,carrots,kohl rabi,turnip,cabbage,curly kale,swiss chard,onions,garlic,peas and beans. What a great harvest!
Garden: Robs' Veggies
Currently operating 3 EarthBoxes + a few pots and a home-made EarthBox-type of bucket. Only a smattering of vegetables so far, with no real production yet.
Garden: ENGLISH DISABLED FRIENDLY GARDEN
My garden has been designed to make it easier for me to garden from a wheelchair. I have old chimney pots, sinks and other architectural planters which I can tend to the plants in them from my wheelchair. My garden is divided into sections by wrought iron work dividers. I can tend to one section each day if I so wish. I grow a wide variety of trees and shrubs. I like to take cuttings and I grow a lot of annuals from seeds which keeps the cost down. I have a small vegetable patch & also grow vegetables interspersed with other plants on my plot.
Garden: Tomato paradise in the old hot tube
I've used my old broken down hot tube to plant vegetables and other plants. Plus there's a nice herb garden off my deck. I love it!
Garden: LindaLand
Starting to grow, vegetables, tomatoes, salads, peppers, herbs, fruit bushes, flowers, pond where I hope to attract some wildlife.
Garden: A private garden for self sufficiency
A garden to provide most of our own food throughout the year. Approximately 1 acre in size with 3 greenhouses, pond, vegetables and flowers. The image in Google Earth is out of date.
Garden: Daniel's Victory Garden
My garden is primarily one with vegetables: tomatoes (all varieties, about 20 plants), eggplant, sweet green, yellow and red peppers, summer squash, zuchinni, bush cucumbers, brussel sprouts, beets, lettuce, broccoli, sage, chocolate mint, spearmint, rosemary, oregeno, basil, parsley, and chives. I also love bulbs, flowers of all types, and have some raspberries and strawberries.
Garden: Terry's Garden
Our backyard consists of a large maple, elm tree, and an apple tree. We have raised beds for our vegetables and are currently in the process of adding a third raised bed. We have large flower beds with a combination of perennials and annuals, part of which is 5 years old. As the years go by, we have made the beds bigger and focused on adding garden elments. We are currently laying concrete for our new gazebo and brand new extended front steps.
Garden: Anacortes 29th Street Community Garden
The 29th Street Community Garden started in spring of 2009. This is a pilot program for community gardens here on the island, Anacortes. There are eleven 10'X20' plots which many are split in half, two additional plots that are used by the food banks here on the island and six smaller plots designated for children. ADA plots will be built for the 2010 spring planting. These plots will be raised beds for gardeners who may be in wheelchairs or need raised beds to work in.
The plots are sold annually for those who do not have an area to plant and given to those who have low income and would like to grow fruits and vegetables.
We also hold classes, open to the public, at the Anacortes Public that help not only the gardeners but anyone interested in learning how to garden, compost, identify bugs, etc.
More Photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roseannadana/sets/72157623001288070/
Garden: Community Organic Gardens of Sequim - Fir Str
Sunlowers, Squash, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Peas, Carrots, Kale and many other vegetables grow abundantly in the 75-foot by 150-foot section of land leased to Friends of the Fields by St. Lukes Episcocal Church for $1 a year. This garden is divided into 35 plots with 5 being raised beds.
Garden: Marshall Center Community Gardens
One of four community gardens in Vancouver, registration begins in February, with gardening season from mid-April, ending in early November. Flowers and vegetables grown must be for personal use. Rates are $24 per plot, ($18 per plot if 55 or older), with scholarships available.
Garden: Wood Village Community Garden
The Wood Village Community Garden was developed to provide a place for local residents to grow food and ornamental crops to promote affordable fresh produce and green living, as well as to enjoy the relaxation and educational benefits that community gardening can bring. The Wood Village Community Garden offers an opportunity for residents to grow vegetables and flowers in a community setting. The community garden has 14 garden plots. Six plots are 10 feet by 10 feet in size, and 8 plots are 5 feet by 7 feet in size. The gardeners are responsible not just for their plot, but for pathways surrounding their plot and helping the garden area as a whole. Each gardener is part of a community of gardeners that work together to make a positive gardening experience for everyone.
Prices are: $20.00 for a 10x10 and $15.00 for a 5x7. Prices are for the entire growing season.
Garden: Iwakt Community Garden
We are a new community garden near Mount Hood in Oregon. Our Mission Statement reads: The Iwakt Community Garden will give local residents the opportunity to share in the joy of planting, raising, and harvesting healthy fruits, vegetables and fruits in an environment of respect and harmony with the land and one another.
Garden: Redmond Community Organic Garden
House of Hope Ministries (HOHM) is honored to sponsor Redmond, Oregon's first Community Organic Garden! The Garden opened in 2009 with 15 raised beds that were leased by VERY enthusiastic gardeners in the community, including kids from House of Hope (see our website at www.houseofhope-bend.org).
With donations from local businesses and with the sweat equity of our volunteers, the Garden transformed an empty parcel to an Eden of abundance. The soil used is top notch so we had almost no weeds, and the organic vegetables and herbs grew like wildfire. We supply water using an automated system, so all our gardeners have to do is tend their plants and watch them grow!
Our harvest time was lengthy, and the garden was such a success that in 2010, we have added 16 more plots and now have a total of 31 raised beds to offer to the community at a very nominal price ($25 for the season). We are excited to offer the Organic Garden as a benefit to the community and a tool to bring people closer to heath, abundance and each other.
More info here: http://www.houseofhope-bend.org/gardenpicscatalog.html
Garden: White Crane Springs Community Garden
White Crane Springs is a 70+ plot style community garden located in San Francisco's Inner Sunset district. We are a member-led, organically and sustainably farmed garden growing a variety of vegetables, fruits and flowers. Members can maintain their own plots or garden in community space. We are open to the public so feel free to come by if you are visiting San Francisco!
Garden: Arroyo Community Garden
The Arroyo Community Garden is a new garden starting in your neighborhood. Our mission is to build community through gardening and education. We are creating space for people to come together to grow organic fruits and vegetables, to learn to eat healthily and to share the bounty with others. We are located behind the Living Word Lutheran Church, 901 Ely Boulevard South, Petaluma, California. We have land, water, design and a strong contingent of eager gardeners. To assure our success we need your involvement. Please join us.
Garden: Friends of Juilliard Community Garden
We are located in the beautiful Juilliard Park in downtown Santa Rosa. Members of the garden do 3 hours of work in the park per month ,in exchange for a 14x14' plot in which they grow their own vegetables. There are some restrictions contact Friends of Juilliard for more information.
Garden: Alameda Bay Eagle Community Garden
We have 25 plots, some are full and the rest are half plots. We are a diverse community of gardeners of various age ranges that have been involved in the community since the 70's. Our garden is growing a variety of organic vegetables, flowers and herbs. We have a community outreach plot where we grow vegetables and then donate them to a community organization in need. Bi-annually we participate in the annual Alameda 4th of July parade and have won the award for the most colorful.
Garden: Crow Canyon Gardens
Crow Canyon Gardens is a public park owned by the City of San Ramon. The gardens were first planted in May, 1978 and were initially created as a source for fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables for Mudd's Restaurant (located adjacent to the garden). Virginia Mudd's primary purpose for the creation of the restaurant and gardens was to advance the art of growing, preparing and serving fresh wholesome food, to illustrate the direct connection between the source of food - the garden or farm - and the dishes served in the dining room. Her passion was to introduce the public in a delightful way to a style of cooking and eating that is delicious, maximizes the nutritious value of the food, and takes into account the way in which the food is produced. Today, through the demonstration kitchen garden, group tour program, classes, and community gardens, the Garden serves the local community as an environmental education and to promote the ideals of land stewardship, ecological responsibility, and small-scale biological agriculture.
Garden: Palo Alto Main Community Garden
Scattered throughout Palo Alto are plots of land dedicated to providing Palo Altans with a place to dig their hands into the soil and plant vegetables, flowers, and herbs. These open spaces are an oasis for gardeners, as well as visitors, who come to enjoy the beauty of the calendula blossoms, the corn stalks, the pumpkin vines, the sunflowers, and more, as well as the large variety of birds and butterflies. The community gardens are inviting places to walk and relax.
The original Main Garden was created in 1970 as a model to demonstrate organic gardening, a return to older gardening techniques. It was originally part of the City's Nature & Science Department and volunteer gardeners were recruited from junior high schools, City staff, and people interested in gardening.
Over the years, demand for gardening sites increased and additional gardens were created. Today, the Palo Alto Community Garden Program resides within the Community Services Department and is the responsibility of the Open Space and Parks Division.
The Palo Alto Community Gardens continue to change and grow with the times. The gardens have expanded to accommodate a growing population, gardening policies have changed to embrace new technology, and future plans are under discussion. We welcome your suggestions.
Garden: Rosemary & Thyme Community Garden
Community garden sponsored by business and community members for the benefit of relieving hunger in our area. Operated by volunteers for the purpose for growing healthy fruits and vegetables to support our local food pantries and food banks while providing a great place for learning.
Garden: El Sereno Community Garden
The El Sereno Community Garden is dedicated for community residents to plant organic fruit and vegetables for their families. It is our goal to encourage families and community to eat healthy foods while enjoying gardening. The garden is quite unique. There is a section for fruit trees and an area for gardeners who love to grow flowers and succulent plants. We have an open plaza area that is dedicated for community events, meetings, workshops, and space for recreation. We are a smoke free enviornment and are open all year round. We welcome master gardeners, unexperienced gardeners, schools, churches, famiies, garden workshops, volunteers, and anyone interested in doing community service. We are a diverse friendly group of gardeners and we welcome everyone to come out and join us grow healthy food.
Garden: Cambodian Seniors' Gardening Project
In 2006, the Cambodian Seniors Nutrition Program of the Asian & Pacific Islander Older Adults Task Force initiated a community gardening project to promote a healthy and active lifestyle for the seniors participating in the nutrition program. The Mt. Camel Cambodian Center agreed to host the garden at their site in Long Beach, California, which has the largest population of Cambodians in the U.S. The garden is tended by senior volunteers from the community.
A variety of herbs and vegetables are grown in the garden including many that are native to Cambodia, and aren't easy to find in mainstream markets. The senior gardeners enjoy growing things they like to eat, such as ngo om (rice paddy herb), hot basil, ngo gai (saw leaf herb), basil, white basil, kapucha, cucumber, fuzzy squash (fuzzy melon), and bitter melon.
Garden: Santa Fe Springs Community Garden
The Santa Fe Springs Community Garden is a vibrant garden compiled of gardeners from all ethnic backgrounds. Gardeners plant vegetables for food surplus and share with others, and plant flowers to beautify their garden parcels and attract wildlife. The garden is located in Santa Fe Springs Civic Center and is clearly visible and attractive locale for residents or visitors. The garden is an asset to the community as it provides recreation for gardeners of all ages and serves as a common area to socialized and network.
The Santa Fe Springs is a public garden which occupies municipal owned land. The garden is supervised by the City's Aquatic Staff from the Department of Community Services. Garden maintenance is performed by the City's Public Works Department and gardeners. Monthly garden meetings are held so gardeners have the oppurtunity to voice any maintenance or policy issues. For additional information please call City Hall at (562) 868-0511.
Garden: La Madera Community Garden
El Monte's first community garden is home to approximately 20 families. It is a place to grow your own vegetables and to meet neighbors. Each interested family is assigned a garden plot that they can plant with food. We have an oven & barbeque pit, a medicinal garden, and a community area that everyone can enjoy. Come on by or call Carmen at (626) 419-1436 if you would like to join.
Garden: Mendocino Community Garden
The Mendocino Community Garden is a volunteer organic garden where we grow food for the community. Unlike many community gardens, made up of individual members plots, MCG is one large production garden with 30 beds ( 3 1/2’ x 25’) tended jointly by all who work within the garden. The gardeners of MCG do harvest food for themselves, but the bulk of the food goes to the Fort Bragg Food Bank and local soup kitchens. We focus on vegetables that do well here on the north coast of California and use a four year rotation systems that allows us to support the gardens soil and grow healthy and bountiful vegetables.
Garden: Joels garden
It`s a garden with a big variety of vegetables ,flowers and fruits . I spend 90% of my free time in the garden
Garden: Locally Grown Sunshine
We decided to try for some vegetables this year, despite the gravelly dirt and lack of real planning...
Garden: Terry's Garden
Our backyard is a good size, it consists of a large Maple Tree, a large Elm Tree and an Apple Tree. In the last 5 years, we've pretty much changed everything. We took out 35 trees, added sidewalks, flower beds and raised beds for vegetables. We added a high fence for privacy and the safety of our 2 Bichons. We just finished putting down a cement slab for our new gazebo. This will be connected to the main patio. I take great pleasure in puttering with my flowers, annuals and perennials. Our tool shed was moved over so we can add 1 more raised bed, giving us 3 in total. It's a great way to grow vegetables !
Garden: Nanny's Cottage Garden
A small English Cottage garden. It is bordered by a very old white picket fence and a old stone wall. I have a Crabapple Tree in the center and is surrounded by Roses, Perrenials, Annuals, Vegetables, Blackberries, Hydrangea, Lilacs, Boxwoods. I have an Arbor with White, Green and Red grapes begining to grow. I have a Trumpet vine growing along the fence, and a Butterfly bush growing near the stone wall. Included in my garden is a small area set aside for herbs..I have Tulips, Daffodills, Crocus, Snowdrops, Hyacinth, Grape Hyacinth, Lily-of-the-Valley, Canterbury Bells, Foxglove, Sweet Peas, Salvia, Bleeding Hearts, Oriental Poppies....
It is my baby...a work in progress! :-)
Garden: Eikenbosch Farm garden
A garden full of roses, vegetables and Herbs on a traditional cape Dutch farm
Garden: orchidlover55 in Paradise
I row lots of bromalaids natives, lots of mulched beds with butterfly plants. Also, vegetables and herbs.
Garden: Self Sufficient Garden
Salad greens, & other vegetables that I don't have to buy from the stores considering pesticides and preservatives that might be in store bought produce,some local fruits like papayas & bananas, I have flowers for color in the garden and some local fruits like bananas, papayas, mangoes. I want to add on now to my herbs
Garden: Kasandra & Javier's veggie garden
Currently 4 raised beds containing a variety of vegetables and herbs.
Garden: Rose Circle Community Garden
In Atlanta, residents around the Rose Circle area have a place to grow their own produce: the Rose Circle community garden. In 2007, squash blossom, pumpkin, zucchini, tomatoes, cabbage, bean and cabbage plants, fennel, herbs and flowers, tall vines growing on trellises, and various garden beds were grown in their little piece of earth.
Garden: Cindy Dyer's Garden
Three years after we moved into our townhouse, we discovered we had green thumbs! Who knew? So, out went the grass in the back and front yards. In went every conceivable plant, herb, vegetable and flower we could squeeze in! Gardening has changed my life!
Garden: Tyre Gardens
I grow fruit in veges in my front yard, and have goats and chickens out the back. I used to have my garden out the back, but gardens and goats and chickens aren't a good mix lol so starting from scratch. I use tyres for my raised beds, I'm trying to demonstrate how to garden cheaply, with minimum effort and maximum results. I'm just starting to put my first veges in again now, and would like to grow enough to be able to take fresh produce to the local farmers markets....we'll see. I also love flowers, I'm a rough and ready gardener so nothing looks too pretty or perfect, but I hope to create an abundance of fruit veges and flowers in my little space,
I'm really into recycling, I think nature sets a perfect example there and I just try to follow it.
Garden: Canadian City Townhouse Edibles
Since we moved into our townhouse, we have experimented with growing fruits & veggies in our south-facing, full-sun garden. There is not a lot of space to work with but we have been pleased with our yields, from swiss chard to strawberries.
Garden: The People's Portable Garden
The Wasatch Community Garden in Salt Lake City is responsible for creating the People's Community Garden. As a portable garden, this community plot has been set up in a way that it can be easily moved. Once the community has gotten together, learned how to grow delicious organic produce, the People's Community garden can be moved to another neighborhood where they might still be in the dark about the art of gardening.
Garden: Lots of Veggies in my garden!
I'm trying to grow as many veggies as I can in Calgary's wierd climate. Cold weather crops do better. Tomatoes must be under glass or forget it. It's discouraging at times. I use rain water to water mostly everything. I like simple old fashioned plants like morning glories, nasturtiums, sweet peas, roses etc. I always get blossom end rot on my zucchini and don't know how to prevent it..
Garden: Jenn's Gardening Spot
All sorts of Veggies and Herbs! Tomatoes to pumpkins! Lots of recycling going on in my Garden! Visit my garden here!http://jennsgardeningspot.blogspot.com/ & http://recyclinggardenmom.blogspot.com Im also on Twitter @4bratz2luv
Garden: patricias backyard butterfly hummingbird para
I have a variety of gardens front and back. Some shady some sunny. I have a butterfly and hummingbird garden and a hosta garden and vegetable garden and perennial garden. The perennial garden has a small pond with a squirrel fountain that I call Merlot.
Out front I have some morning glories and some cup and saucer vines growing along with a rose bush and other perennials. I love my time in my gardens.
Garden: 1st attempt in a community garden
This is my first attempt this year, with a veggie garden. So far so good, almost everything has grown, except celery and leeks, but I planted them too late. I should have started them indoors, too.
Hopefully, weather permits (so far July has been colder and rainier than usual), I'll get some good veggies out of it.
I'll repeat the experience in my private yard next year, as I have just bought my first home.
Garden: Geno's Garden
I have several areas, a perennial shrub border in the front which is gradually taking over the lawn, a vegetable garden, a shade garden and an area "in transition"
Garden: Heritage Heaven
An eclectic mix of perennials, herbs (my true love), annuals and veggies. Potager style. I have an herb garden too. I try to grow heritage varieties like peas and lettuce, as my small way to keep more variety on the planet.
Garden: Tilthy Rich
A San Francisco backyard changing into an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden. With a compost pile and worm compost bins to boot!
Garden: farm garden
I grow Veggies, Flowers and Fruits. Right now my hollyhocks are about 8 feet tall, if I don't get out soon my weeds will catch up.
Garden: Schoolhouse Rocks
We have inherited a former schoolhouse and the garden is the playground. We are near the Escarpment, which means rocks, and lots of them. Luckily, some former owners did most of the donkeywork, and it is my job to bring it back to life after many years of neglect.
Garden: Rabbit salad bar
Raised beds on sandy soil. It started with three raised beds and I added anohter larger bed at the back for my corn or sprawling veggies. Only real cow or sheep poop used to continually amend the soil.I grow a variety of stuff each year. Last year I planted my "Franken-garden" which included purple carrots , rainbow Chard,black Krim tomatoes,and red and white striped beets. I was really hoping the kids would be more into veggies..but , alas...it was not to be.The looked at these special veggies on their plate with the same disdain that they give more ordinary fare. So this year...I'm just using up seeds left over from the past couple of years and the rabbits and ground hog is loving it. The only new thing is the peanuts which is just not heard of here in Ontario,Canada. The ground hog has ripped all but two out.
Garden: Carrigkilter Farm
We are trying to grow veg in what is normally a very wet climate! ( started 2009) - Most of the pumpkin/squash rotted! We hope to plant wildflowers around the basic lawns and we'll put in a couple of raised beds to save our poor old backs! Tony and I like to experiment growing different produce and varieties and challenging the weather!
Garden: Backyard perenial and vegetable garden
I have created a raised vegetable garden in order to allow me to work from my wheelchair. I have planted and cultivated radishes, beats, yellow-green-purple beans, peas, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, salads, onions, strawberries and rhubarb.
For a 1st year garden attempt it has been great... the kids eat right off the plant as they run by.
My wife has wonderful perennial gardens flanking the yard; irises, lilies, roses, lilacs and much much more.
Garden: Kellys' Country Aire Garden
My Garden has raised beds and a greenhouse. I have herbs, veggies, seeds, friuts and berries, flowers, grass and hedges. Full sun and Full Shade. A bit of everything. We use NO chemicals or commercial fertilizers. We compost. My kids and pets play everywhere. It's not always at its prettiest, and I neglect it sometimes, but it's mine and I love it. I get to share my bounty with family and neighbors, and growing my own food makes me feel good. I also have a greenhouse and started trying a technique to smother weeds with newspapers and cardboard this year...liking the results! When my kids are bigger I expect there will be even more to offer.
Garden: Family fun
I've just moved into a place where I can grow some produce at home. I've got a 2 year old and one on the way and I want them to learn the joy of getting their food the good old fashioned way. I'm planning plenty of Veggies, corn, and pumpkins for sure.
Garden: Carols Heirloom Garden
My garden is full of heirloom vegetable varieties, culinary and medicinal herbs, including Stevia, and I grow Chia grain as well. I save seeds of unusual heirloom varieties to ensure their lasting existance on Earth.
Garden: Pamela's garden
My garden is in Days Bay, Eastbourne. In the front it is mostly a cottage style garden with roses and lawn. Amongst my roses are fox gloves, granny bonnets, pentstemons and much more. In the back I have rhododendrons and camelias underplanted with hostas, and renga lilies.A small herb and vegetable garden features in the back also. The total size of our land is 1/4 acre.
Garden: My Gentle Garden of Peace
This is where my heart is and my place of peace and sanity. I love to come and work in the soil and look at the colors and the changing shapes and sizes of the plants and to keep changing things year after years, adding this and removing that. I love to taste the produce from my tiny vegetable garden and complete with the weather and the creatures for the produce to see who will win this year.
It is always different and always challenging and always a feast to the eyes and the heart.
Garden: Casa de Orzales
I have an enclosed garden surrounded by stone walls. It consists of two parts, one is lawned with three central flower beds, a further flower bed running next to the wall and three trees, The lower garden is again lawned with a separate vegetable plot and one flower bed, There is a small herb garden and I also have several balcony plants and container plants.
Garden: Buhrdery
Part English country garden, water wise garden, vegetable garden, park, trees for Africa, wilderness, shade garden
Garden: Onze tuun
Have lots in my garden. Many trees. Many plants. A greenhouse. A vegetable garden. A big meadow. A meditterenean plot in the making. Herbs and fruits. Also keep chickens. Always something to do in my garden!
Garden: maggi's basque/english garden
I have a large, south-facing garden, with a large area of grass (lawn would be a misnoma),a hen run, fruit trees and bushes,a small pond,a vegetable plot and 2 large raised beds for veg, a patio with lots of container plants, some cottage garden beds, a loose hedge with old roses, hazel,loquat,japanese quince and witch hazel, and a sun room which doubles as a greenhouse.Also a trellis with honeysuckle, jasmine, clematis and trachelospermum.I have planted as many fragrant plants as possible, as this aspect of the garden is very important to me.
Maryanne
Convinced the landlady to let us dig up her yard and then got to work. Growing vegetables for food, spiritual and bodily wholeness, and general happiness.
Debbie Shepheard
This is our first year (2009) on the acreage. I have gardened previously on an acreage but my last property was in the city and VERY tiny, so no big vegetable garden. This property was vacant for all of the last growing season so had a LOT of weeds to tend to. I'm still fighting them, but I think I'm winning! :D
Jessica
I am a young mother of twins, about to move to a new home with a large garden space (and a weird microclimate that I have yet to figure out). I am planning to plant a kitchen garden, and well as maintain many beautiful rose bushes. I am interested in getting my kids involved in gardening.
Lisa B-B
I am a working mother with two children at home. We have a friendly few cats and a large red dog named Casey that we share our home with, and two older kids that drop by on week-ends. I have been interested in plants and animals since I was a kid on a large and remote cattle ranch. We now live in an urban setting on a smallish lot near Vancouver, B.C. My husband is getting very interested in growing leafy fall and winter vegetables recently, so we have created a large, new raised garden bed in our back yard to accompany the two older ones next to our garage. This helps to create delicious and nutritious salads and we are hoping to grow winter vegetables. Last year's attempt was a failure when they got buried in snow! (I would love to create a green-house next year. Fingers crossed.) We have raspberries & rhubarb growing in the older beds and we need more room for them. . . I am interested in heritage pant & animal strains, and in plants and animals native to this area. I am also interested in Horticultural Therapy, as I think that working in a garden and spending time closer to the natural world is inherently therapeutic. I have a passion for connecting kids to nature and gardening, and am very interested in doing research and work in this area as a counsellor. Currently working as a social worker in B.C. and working on a teaching degree part time so that I can get a Master's in Counselling. Love this site as a way to connect with other like minded people & to "travel".
Victoria Julien
I am 20 years old and love to garden. I grow mostly vegetables with a few flowers for colour. I also enjoy growing herbs to use in my many recepies. I hope you enjoy looking at my garden photos. They will be updated frequently throughout the summer. And anyone who would like herbs or Strawberry plants please come by and pick your own or dig up some strawberries as they have been trying to take over the garden in which they grow.
Claire
I grew up in a big city (Toronto) and always enjoyed gardens but didn't do much gardening. In 2000 I moved to a gulf island off the west coast (BC) to a 1/2 acre property and started gardening in earnest. In 2004, moved to 4 1/2 acres of an old homestead and worked to restore the original owners' garden and much of the surrounding forested area. I see myself as a steward, recognizing that I live in a rural area that has water issues. I don't plant things that need lots of water and I never use pesticides.
Jessica
I am a mother of three, wife of one, dog owner of one, fish owner of seven, and providing a pond for four frogs who don't pay rent. This is the beginning of my second summer here in Westover; I have finally cleared enough of the vegetable garden that I can truly begin my rotation planting. This summer's project will be to build a cold frame, and spend some time on the sailboat. I think 'dandelions' needs to be included in the list of "currently growing".
William
I am an avid gardener. I am always looking for more specific planting times for all kinds of S. California edible garden vegetables. I am also going to plant citrus trees and pomegranate trees this fall.
julie bennett
I am a mother of 5, and have 2 grandchildren. My oldest is 21 and my oldest set of twins are 17 and my youngest set of twins are 2, both sets are boy/girl. My grandchildren are 3 and 1. We have been growing vegetables for 4 years in a row now. We have had pretty good success over the years. We are renters right now, so makes it difficult to find landlords who will let you tear up their yards. We grow vegetables for our own personal consumption. I have only recently started jarring, and had success with pickled beets last year. I am hoping to continue learning how to grow and preserve food for my family. It helps to save a few dollars, and you know exactly where it came from, and what was put into it. I have a small flower bed out front with daisies, marigolds, and an assortment of wildflowers.
Lorna
I began gardening about 16 years ago when I bought my small home at this address. It had a very large backyard with half of it previously used as a vegetable garden. the previous owner grew corn and potatoes which took up a large amount of space. I tried to garden that space for a couple of years but had so much produce that I could not begin to keep up with the work. I leveled the land and seeded most of it to grass and put in some beds for flowers and bushes around the edges and one in the middle. I left one side for my vegetable garden. Over the years I have added arches and built boxes for my vegetables and graveled walkways and changed things many times. It has been a learning process. But always it has been rewarding and stress reducing. I have found peace here in this small piece of earth. I don't think I have become an expert in anything floral. I just keep blundering away planting this and that and if it works, it stays. If it doesn't I try something else. But I always love when something grows and looks wonderful. It brings such a sense of wonder when a plant gives you its beauty and opens its petals to the sun and to you . I love it.
charlie
I'm a (woman) artist, sculptor and gardener,middle-aged, and totally home-based now.Up until this year my gardening has been directed by form, colour and scent...and although I have grown veg over the years, I haven't been so drawn to it, more of a science than an art. I now have a polytunnel and a freezer, for the first time, which may change things....but the big change is coming about because of Peak Oil and Climate Change. We won't always be able to run cars, or get vegetables and fruit that have travelled thousands of 'food miles'. So now I'm exploring permaculture methods, (which they say is "lazy man's gardening"...the idea of not digging appeals!)It's a lot of work to begin with...watch this space!
luvleahday
i'm working fulltime but like gardening in my spare time, me& my husband just moved into this area last july and we just started cultivating our backyard last month as it was so bare and boring...
Carol Raethel
I am a single parent of a wonderful boy, and live on the sunny East Coast of the North Island New Zealand. I have a diploma in Herbal Medicine, certificate of Horticulture and a Diploma in Occupational Therapy, all of which are valuable tools to my current work and passion. I am interested in helping people return to the soil and begin a garden, for the health benefits of fresh, nutrient filled produce for their families, for the physical and spiritual health involved in gardening, and to help heal the planet. the more we grow, the less produce needs to be carted around the world by carbon emitting trucks. I focus on heirloom (non hybrid) varieties of vegetables, Herbs, medicinal and culinary, and a couple of plants that are important. Stevia, for the healthy alternative to sugar, and Chia, a highly nutritious grain with many life giving and healing properties. For more information, visit chiahowto.com. I sell my seeds through trade me, a New Zealand online store. I am an author and have 2 ebooks which I sell worldwide. Chia the Super Grain which can be found on chiahowto.com and How to Start a Vegetable Garden and Master the Art of Year Round Harvest. I don;t have a website to make this available yet, but anyone interested can email me at broomstik@callsouth.net.nz I am very happy to be here, connecting with other gardeners around the world. Thanks to the creators of this wonderful space. Blessings to everyone Carol
Gina Tucker
I love Tropicals,veggie gardening, would love to learn how to do toperary, Im new at this, did some canning for the first time, bought my first Hibiscus,
Bev Rampf
I'm a born gardener and love to be in the fresh air tending to everything green. We inherited our garden 19 years ago and have not really had the opportunity to make too many structural changes BUT have revamped beds and plant material over & over again in the 19 years. Each day in the garden is different & this makes for much variety in the life of the garden and gardener. Veggies & herbs are my latest favorite, being able to put on the table fresh from the garden is just so rewarding & even more so is being able to supply friends with home grown produce!!! May we become self sufficient soon, soon. One of my loves is being able to nurture & grow something unusual and this I have found in Clematis and Peonie which have been rewarding +++ and relatively easy without much fuss. I just wish I could find the winning formula for my orchids??? They won't flower. Anybody with a winning tip - please pass on.
Zoe Forbes
I just moved to Baha California Sur and I would like information on the types of plants that will thrive in a desert area on the Pacific coast.
Clark Lawrence
I am renting a section of the 14th Century Castle of Galeazza, near Bologna. I don't get paid for gardening, but spend most hours of most days working outside. When I arrived here in the spring of 2003 I found an overgrown jungle. Nothing had been cared for, planted, or pruned in over 20 years. For me gardening here was first just a necessity - I had to cut back bushes and vines just to get in through the gates and doors which were literally "grown shut". Then it became a pleasure as I saw improvements and ate my first home-grown herbs and vegetables. Now it is a passion as I learn more about the soil and climate here and try to grow species from around the world. By visiting and studying gardens in other countries and by working continously on the castle grounds, I hope to make up for my lack of academic knowledge of botany. I also hope to develop my own style and tastes. I would love to create a garden reflecting my interests - a collection of plants that is varied but still harmonious. Many friends who come to the castle for holidays help in the garden. People from many countries have donated seeds, bulbs, and plants. Some neighbours are supportive and full of encouragement; they share their experiences, ideas, and memories of the place as it used to be. Working in a 600 year-old garden is humbling as it reminds me that I'm just a short page in the long history of the Castle of Galeazza. Please come visit one day if you find yourself near Bologna! Clark
Susumu Sano
I live near Lake Biwa-ko (The biggest lake in Japan) of Shiga,Japan where left Kyoto by car for 30 minutes. There are a lot of Japanese gardens ( Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines) and botanical garden in and around Kyoto. And here is the area where nature is left. The climate is warm, and we have the four seasons. I enjoy the making of Japanese vegetables in the backyard that is not so large. The compost (organic fertilizer) is made from garbage and dead leaf at home. From this year, I came to perform gardening to see a TV program of the vegetables gardening even during the winter. I enjoy fishing at sea, trip, the breeding of the dog, the tropical fish and the bell cricket other than gardening. I hope to make friends abroad and want to share information about gardening and the culture. Please contact me if you like.
Denise Mac
I have been gardening at a very early age. When I was about 7, I had a small corner of my Mom's garden that she showed me how to grow peas and radishes. Then when I was older I was part of a children's gardening group for a few summers. We were given a garden plot and the seeds and much direction. I even got my picture in the paper holding some of my harvest. Now with my own home I have been activly growing vegetables amongst my flowers and for about four years have became passionate about exotic orchids. I have about 35 of them, mostly babies.
Eric Bates
I first got into gardening when I was 24. Then, it was mostly decorative outdoor plants, various seasonal flowers, banana plants, and Aloe Vera. At the time, I was renting a room in a house owned by a friend of mine and at first he was a little perturbed when I started digging up parts of his back yard and sticking plants in, but then he ended up loving what I did with it. Including my discovery of a part of the back patio that had been covered up by dirt for several years! I discovered I had a bit of a "green thumb". It wasn't long after I'd moved out and had my own place that I started growing my own vegetables and fruits. This became very exciting to me! Growing my own food is probably one of the most rewarding things I do. I am by no means a professional at growing things, but I've got a decent handle on it, and always open to gardening suggestions. To add a note, I prefer to garden organically, I use compost and peat moss in my soil and don't use any chemicals at all.
marion shaw
I need green around me. I have a mix of edibles, aromatic vines, flowers, herbs and tropicals in my private oasis in the dessert. I am working on a master gardener certificate at DBG, focusing on our soil type, effective water usage, composting and collecting rain water. I use intensive and companion planting to create micro climates in the garden working with the amount of sun and moisture in each area. Water conservation is important in the dessert so making use of every drop is essential. With our short growing seasons timing is everything for a successful harvest. You need to use varieties of vegetables that mature quickly and enrich the soil on a regular basis. One trick to working in this high PH soil is to add vinegar to reduce the acid and balance the PH. My garden is organic in that I don't use pesticides, fungicides or commercial fertilizer. I spray regularly with a mixture of peppermint soap, hydrogen peroxide and vinegar in a tea of steer manure. I do hang fly strips by the compost and around the yard. It really helps keep the flies down without using poisons. I would love to talk to other gardeners in the area so let's get together and make this dessert an Oasis. Marion Shaw
Chris Knight
Ok, I am from the South-West coast of England, just south of Bristol,north of Taunton. I garden in a small town that is set in a naturally protected bay facing warm west winds and backed by a curved set of hills to the east. The soil in both my garden and on my plot is a clay to loamy clay mix. We get weather for the south west and Midlands as we sit in a bay that cuts into the UK. I grow vegetables and fruit mainly as I love to provide food that looks and tastes good. I like flowers and shrubs too but I get bored with a fixed design so either have to re build the garden regularly or stick to growing produce. I blog on Blogger.com, I have a fan page on Facebook as Weston's Green Knight. I tweet as Westongreenman and I blog for my local newspaper,who originally named me as The Green Knight. I have been an executive member of the local Allotments society and have worked as a Head Gardener at an 18th Century estate with a Victorian Walled Garden and Cider orchard plus 10 acres of ornamental and copse gardens before the property was sold to a developer. Now I work on my plot as well as working full time as a manager in a furniture store.
Mary H
I started gardening when I moved to my house in northern Portugal in 2007. The land had been pastured for eons and the first beds I dug were awful clods that I hacked at until I thought they resembled soil. After adding a fortune in store-bought compost I was able to grow a lot of weeds with a few vegetables mixed in. Now I know how to start a bed by laying down black plastic for a few months to kill the weeds and then adding layers of compost and mulch to let the worms do the the rest. In 2010 I can say I'm at least 60% fruit and vegetable independent - and a lot more physically fit.
Kasandra
I am originally from Morgantown, WV, USA and grew up on an 80 acre farm. My Dad has always had a 1/4 acre plot for vegetables and herbs. As a teen I hated weeding the garden, but as I grew *ahem* older, I began missing digging in the dirt and tending to plants. I was so glad when my husband and I found this house. Not just so my little one would have space to run around in, but also because there was ample space for me to garden in. Mt biggest learning curve is the climate. I'm used to a very cold Winter, and here in the province of Buenos Aires, it almost never snows so you can garden year round. I'm excited about the possibilities! I'm starting small with 4 raised beds and if that goes well, I will add 4 more. The house has practically no landscaping, so in the future I want to plant lemon and lime trees as well as a blue berry bush.
This was vegetable harvest for the day: Zucchinis, lemon cucumbers, white queen tomatoes, pear tomatoes, yellow cherry tomatoes and more...I started these heritage vegetables from seed
Water spinach(Chinese vegetables) grew in a water field. This is called alias "KU-SHINSAI". It is the meaning called the vegetables that the center of the stem is hollow. It’s very delicious when you fry it.
