It was pretty much a blank area but with some elevation issues. The seating wall served 2 purposes as a seating space but also to retain some of the patio. Natural fieldstone steppers lead from the driveway area to the patio. An assortment of perennials and plantings soften the hardscape project. Serviceberry, hybrid dogwood, and a large dwarf pine are the anchor plants. We also created a raised vegetable garden space off the patio too. Marc Depoto (Hillside Nurseries Inc.)

This is an example of a farmhouse landscaping in New York.

Peter Atkins and Associates, LLC
Photo of a large traditional full sun backyard vegetable garden landscape in New York for summer.

Just installed this week! Still needs to grow in! Custom made Corten Steel Hexagon Herb Garden beds. Raised up to waist high, can be reconfigured if desired, but loving the honeycomb effect here. Full of perennial herbs like sage, rosemary, thyme, French tarragon.

Cucumbers and eggplants just starting to produce. Photo by Steve Masley
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Crushed gravel paths take you to and from three raised cedar vegetable garden boxes
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Set in the garden beside a traditional Dutch Colonial home in Wellesley, Flavin conceived this boldly modern retreat, built of steel, wood and concrete. The building is designed to engage the client’s passions for gardening, entertaining and restoring vintage Vespa scooters. The Vespa repair shop and garage are on the first floor. The second floor houses a home office and veranda. On top is a roof deck with space for lounging and outdoor dining, surrounded by a vegetable garden in raised planters. The structural steel frame of the building is left exposed; and the side facing the public side is draped with a mahogany screen that creates privacy in the building and diffuses the dappled light filtered through the trees. Photo by: Peter Vanderwarker Photography

This small space between the residence and garage was an underutilized grassy area. The owners wanted fresh, organically grown vegetables and this was their sunniest spot. The interior of the raised beds are lined with pond liner to minimize the wood to soil contact, as pressure treated wood was used for longevity.

The owners of this vegetable garden purchased the undeveloped lot adjacent to their home and developed the sloping area into a collection of raised beds. - Photo by Kevin Bost

This vegetable garden was created on a small hillside with the use of retaining walls to level a portion of the slope. Integrating this garden space into the sloping portion of the back yard kept the level areas of lawn open for easy use as “play” space for the entire family. The flowering tree in the back ground is a tree lilac (Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk').

This steeply sloping mountain lot has fantastic southern exposure and with the help of these boulder walls, access to some narrow and linear, but productive vegetable garden beds. In this photo you can see the wildflower meadow below which helps to attract pollinators to the garden area and provides a transition to the taller trees below.

Organic soil amendments are cultivated into the soil. Since their nutrients are released by soil microbes, they need to be mixed into the soil so they're in contact with the soil food web. These organic fertilizers are built into the soil at the start of the season, and release over time--no need for additional fertilizers, it's like winding up a clock. Photo by Steve Masley

Photo of a contemporary courtyard mulch and wood fence vegetable garden landscape in San Francisco.

Green roof in full sun is harder than in the shade. Sterilized shale is used here over slightly sloped rubber membrane with sedum plants plugged into shale and then watered with drip irrigation for first two summers depending on rain amount. Garden fence holds back deer, rabbits and ground hogs. Roof scuppers provide water to the butterfly garden. Raised beds mean less bending over and better weed control. tkd

Raised beds hold organic garden soil mix that ranges from 8" - 2' deep. Here you see a late winter, very early spring view of this salad garden in metro Atlanta. Various types of lettuce, kale, parsley, and chives are accented by pansies which have edible flowers. After our frost date, most of this will be removed. Tomatoes will be planted in the center where the soil is deepest. Basil and mesclun will be planted around. THIS PHOTO HAS BEEN FEATURED TWICE IN A HOUZZ EDITORIAL LINK! Here is the link! EDIBLE GARDENING ESSENTIALS - WATERING ITPS IDEAS WORTH SOAKING UP - https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/27368798/list/edible-gardening-essentials-watering-tips-worth-soaking-up Photographer: Danna Cain, Home & Garden Design, Inc.

Eggplants thrive in terra-cotta pots. Photo by Steve Masley.
Photo of a traditional landscaping in San Francisco.

Flowers planted with vegetables to keep away harmful insects and diseases
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Katrina L. Coombs Front yard entry raised vegetable bed Farm Box.
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copyright 2017 Glenna Partridge Urban Vegetable Garden. A mixture of ornamental and edible plants with a central area of raised vegetable beds for easy care maintenance.