Here's an entrancehttp://www.frontrangeliving.com/garden/Potager.htm

Something else. Don't know if it's helpful...
http://www.cookingisfun.ie/gardens/potagervegetablegarden.htm

GORGEOUS!!! EYE CANDY!!!
http://www.southernaccents.com/accents/gardens/design/article/0,14743,613889,00.htm

GGG

I love the book The Art of the Kitchen Garden by Jan and Michael Gertley. Their designs are amazing and they also give practical growing advice. I have used this book to get ideas for my designs. Here is a link to the book on Amazon's site. You can see a few pictures there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen Garden book

Thanks for the links, although they're a little too formal for my taste.

southshore, through your Amazon link I found a book that's to be released this May. The cover photo is more along the lines of what I envision.

Harper

Here is a link that might be useful: Designing the New Kitchen Garden

Oh, yes Harper. I found that last night in my travels too. Looks fantastic!

Any of Roslyn Creasys books on ornamental vegetable gardening can be of help with creative design and layout too. They are usually really inexpensive used.

GGG

Thanks GGG. I'll do a search for her on Amazon. Still need to spend $1.93 to get free shipping on the other. LOL

Harper

Harper,
Thanks for the link. I just might have to buy it but it might be too late for this year's garden!

GGG,
I think I'll check out Roslyn Creasy's books too.

This is the perfect time to be looking through garden books as outside there is about a foot and a half of snow on the ground from yesterday's nor'easter!

Adriene

Hi again,
I was just checking Amazon for the books that GGG recommended and the correct name of the author is Rosalind Creasy. She has some amazing books!
Adriene

Found this today on the Square Foot Gardening forum. After playing with it for just a few minutes I quickly realized I need to rethink planting habits if I decide to go with a fence around the garden. I'm used to access on all 4 sides of a bed. A fence would definitely change that.

Harper

Here is a link that might be useful: garden layout tool

A book that I've found useful is called "The New Kitchen Garden" by Anna Pavord. Its subtitle is "A Complete Practical Guide to Designing, Planting, and Cultivating a Decorative and Productive garden". It is the book I turn to every time to help me visualize my garden.

In the first part of the book, she gives an overview of various garden styles, with delightful examples and illustrations. The middle of the book covers cultivation of various varieties of fruit and vegies, herbs and edible flowers. The back of the book is about methods and planning, and even includes instructions for making a woven wigwam style tower.

Here is a link that might be useful: The New Kitchen Garden

The links you ladies have posted here are just wonderful! I've bookmarked each and every one! Thank you for the inspiration.

In "Plans for Beds & Borders", you will find 42 designs for different climates and conditions. There are seasonal gardens, color gardens, theme and period gardens (I esp love the English Cottage, Apothecary, Shakespeare, Herb, Fragrant, and Kitchen Gardens).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0897214722/ref=sib_rdr_dp/103-7396822-8383830?%5Fencoding=UTF8&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&no=283155&st=books&n=283155

Becky

thank-you Southshoregardener for the correction!!!

I am just reading "The Herbalists Garden". Although it specifically focuses on medicinal herbs, it has beautiful pictures of more wildly styled gardens, most which also focus on vegetables as part of the garden. There is a beautiful photo of a 1600's style Pilgrim raised bed type of gardening, edged in stones filled with green veggies, medicine wheel designs and an entire larger garden of pie wedge shaped beds with the narrower edges all facing in. This is particularly lovely if you have the space. It's also an overstock book so you can find it reasonably priced!!

GGG