Inspiration for a contemporary landscaping in Boston.

The Edible Garden Photo: Lore Patterson
Design ideas for a large traditional full sun backyard formal garden in Seattle for summer.

1 year old mostly native garden, with edibles and small native meadow.
This is an example of a large front yard landscaping in San Francisco.

This view of the back of the enclosed vegetable garden entices visitors to enjoy the grape arbor.

Newly installed mostly native garden, with edibles and small native meadow.
This is an example of a large front yard landscaping in San Francisco.

Edible landscaping encompasses much more then adding some veggie beds to one’s property. Creative layouts and material usage can incorporate year-round vegetable harvests in an aesthetically pleasing way. Perennial fruit trees, along with bushes and herbs, create a lush space full of beautiful, colors, textures, smells and tastes. Searching out and experimenting with different and rare varieties of edible plants keeps home gardens interesting. Edible landscaping gives access to food at its freshest, when it is most nutritious, and offers many more options than supermarket produce sections—also cutting down on transportation and packaging impacts. From edible estates to food forests, or simple integration of garden-based food production, Sweet Smiling Landscapes has the knowledge and experience to help home owners harvest their own bounty.

The Edible Garden Photo: Lore Patterson
This is an example of a mid-sized traditional backyard formal garden in Seattle for fall.

Citrus trees, lavender and rosemary create an edible garden in a front yard.
Photo of a mid-sized traditional drought-tolerant and full sun front yard stone flower bed in Los Angeles.

Custom raised beds for growing edibles allow for optimum use of space. Patricia Larenas, Urban Artichoke
Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary partial sun front yard gravel vegetable garden landscape in San Francisco.

Fresh picked apples - Lore Patterson | Photography
Design ideas for a rustic full sun vegetable garden landscape in Seattle for fall.

The Edible Garden - espalier pears Photo: Lore Patterson
Inspiration for a large traditional full sun vegetable garden landscape in Seattle for summer.

Corporate events that engage employees outside the workplace are great ways to create camaraderie and a team spirit inside the workplace. This company holds an event each year where employees work in groups to create edible gardens right on site. This event has company-wide awareness, with huge numbers turning out for the experience. Ongoing connections are sustained long after the day is over as employees tend to the gardens and enjoy the fruits (or vegetables

Newly installed mostly native garden, with edibles and small native meadow.
This is an example of a large front yard landscaping in San Francisco.

Inspiration for a tropical landscaping in Miami.

Newly installed mostly native garden, with edibles and small native meadow.
This is an example of a large front yard landscaping in San Francisco.

Landscape contracting by Avid Landscape. Carpentry by Contemporary Homestead. Photograph by Meghan Montgomery.
Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional full sun side yard stone vegetable garden landscape in Seattle for fall.

No forest garden would be complete without its share of edible and medicinal weeds. Common Mallow, or Malva neglecta is one of my favorites. Even its Latin name 'neglata' speaks to its ability to be neglected and thrive. The leaves are mild, slightly mucilaginous and form a great foundational green in a salad. It is highly nutritious and 'nutritionally dense'. A weed is simply a plant that grows where we don't want it to, by developing a different relationship to this delightful and tenacious plant it becomes a desired resident in the forest garden.

1 year old mostly native garden, with edibles and small native meadow.
Design ideas for a large front yard landscaping in San Francisco.

Corporate events that engage employees outside the workplace are great ways to create camaraderie and a team spirit inside the workplace. This company holds an event each year where employees work in groups to create edible gardens right on site. This event has company-wide awareness, with huge numbers turning out for the experience. Ongoing connections are sustained long after the day is over as employees tend to the gardens and enjoy the fruits (or vegetables