Edible Landscaping: Now You Can Have Your Gorgeous Garden and Eat It Too!

About this book

Learn how to beautifully landscape your home with clean delicious vegetables fruits nuts and berries saving money and natural resources at the same time Since Rosalind Creasy popularized the concept of landscaping with edibles a quarter-century ago interest in eating healthy fresh locally grown foods has swept across the nation. And food plants have been freed from the backyard gracing the finest landscapeseven the White House grounds! Creasys expertise on edibles and how to incorporate them in beautifully designed outdoor environments was first showcased in the original edition of Edible Landscaping hailed by gardeners everywhere as a groundbreaking classic. Now this highly anticipated new edition presents the latest design and how-to information in a glorious full-color format featuring more than 300 inspiring photographs. Drawing on the authors decades of research and experience the book presents everything you need to know to create an inviting home landscape that will yield mouthwatering vegetables fruits nuts and berries. The comprehensive "Encyclopedia of Edibles"a book in itselfprovides horticultural information culinary uses sources and recommended varieties; and appendices cover the basics of planting and maintenance and of controlling pests and diseases using organic and environmentally friendly practices.