Growing flowers and food together - the new trend for old cottage garden style
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- There's a big trend towards combining food and flower growing - many of today's gardens aren't big enough for a separate vegetable patch so we're going back to the old principles of edible (and useful) cottage gardens.
At the Abbey Physic Community Garden in Kent, they're growing food and flowers together, using perennial vegetables, edible flowers and re-visiting the value of weeds. It's a new approach - foraging in your own garden! Always check which plants are safe to eat where you are!
00:00 You won't want to plant a row of carrots in a herbaceous border!
00:32 The Abbey Physic Community Garden www.abbeyphysic.org/
01:06 The four different ways of growing food and flowers together
01:40 Suzanne Campbell, Manager Abbey Physic - it's not just about what we can eat
03:10 Jo Barker on how permaculture and foraging fits in to an edible cottage garden
03:46 Grow perennial plants for less work and more nutrition
04:55 What is foraging in your own garden?
06:12 How to create an edible garden
06:55 Weeds in the edible garden - rosebay willowherb
08:05 Plants for the edible garden
11:33 Foraged teas from the garden
13:47 Practical aspects of growing food and flowers together
17:09 Use pots to grow annual vegetables
17:48 Eat your hostas before the slugs do!
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Dear Alexandra, I've been following You for some time now and it's always a pleasure to see Your new contributions, but I regularly return to the old ones as well - every time there is something new to hear. I always learn something from You, thank you for that! Greetings from Croatia 🇬🇧🙂🇭🇷🙋♂️
I love this concept. I also grow self seeders like lettuce, kale and open pollinated peas and beans. You buy the seeds once and have them forever
Walking through my garden, touching trees / plants, and propagating making me so relax
Alexandra, you deserve all the awards! I am so grateful for your work...and it is wonderful that you are expanding and giving permaculture and foraging a place to shine.
Thank you
How interesting! I loved this !💕 thankyou. I’m a vegan and I could happily eat soup and salad for ever 🤗😁
I tasted dead nettle soup when I was a kid...from a friend's vegan mother. I still remember it as one of the most delicious things I have ever tasted...40 years later!
I LOVED this video! I feel like I will be be back to watch this over and over again :)
Me too!
What a fascinating video! I’m going to have to watch it several times and make notes!! I’ve so many plants in my garden that are apparently edible, according to this video! 😮
I certainly like the term “edimentals” and heartily approve of growing trad veg amongst ornamentals, it’s so pretty, plus I’m not willing to sacrifice a big plot for a stand-alone veg patch - I love my ornamentals too much! 😝
Learning a lot here specially edible perennial flowers. Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing your English Cottage gardening style that brings such beauty and harvest... I'm 12 miles from the ocean in Southern California... good climate, though not as wet as yours! 🎉 Love this ❤😊 channel
Thank you!
Fascinating. Thank you Alexandra, there was so much to learn from your video.
Aquilegia leaves are very nice, they taste like broad beans. The biggest issue though with all these perennial veggies is yield. Appart from the perennial veggies we already know, like artichokes, Jerusalem artichokes, asperagus or fruit bushes, there's just nothing left that will give you a great yield... As a result, it's a lot of work to pick and choose, it takes ages just to make a salad. It's a big commitment, one that very few people are ready to make. In my opinion, it is much more worth it to just grow fruit trees, learn which ones are true to seed like apricots and peaches, so you can propagate them for free, the ones you can propagate with cutting like elder trees, and overall just learn which unknown fruits you can grow like feijoa, persimon, amelanchier, medlar etc... Coz THOSE are worth it and will provide for you year after year with very little work. While stuff like the perennial leeks and onions and whatnots are just way too low in yield compared to the annual equivalents. So in my opinion, edge your bet on the fruit trees and fruit bushes.
I'm part of the staff at a community garden too, taking care of all plantings, and our approach is : zones for veggies, zones for herbs, and zones for ornamentals. Otherwise it's too complicated for people. You can't expect them to tell the difference between an edible foliage and a poisonous one, we have kids in this garden. So we have to make it simple for them. What we do mix in, in all three types of zones, is fruit trees and bushes. They provide shade, water and nutrient to other plants thanks to mycorhizae, and of course fruits. For some, we buy one and propagate, like fig trees, elder, or plum. Others we have to buy them all like apple and pear trees. And even when I tell more experienced people that they can eat aquilegia leaves, or sedum leaves, or blackcurrant leaves, they're just not interested.
Perhaps those small yields are just nice and nutrient-dense additions to the big yields? 😊
Thank you for sharing this information with us! It gives me a lot to think about when choosing my plants. Beautiful gardens!
Oh wow I didn't know so many of these plants were edible!
I do this and it suits me, my garden is lush
What a wonderful video! One of my absolute favourites. This is exactly what I would love to do!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love this topic! I’ve been seeing a lot about using fig leaves lately.
Another lovely garden and interesting interview, thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely my dream garden ❤
I love "foraging" my own garden!
I have been trying to make my whole garden as edible and as colourful as possible. A minimalist in the home, but definitely a maximilist in the garden! I want ALL the plants! 😂
I leave in "weeds" which are acting as valuable ground cover until I'm ready to plant up with something else. I try to plant in guilds using the 7 layers and permaculture methods as much as possible.
It has taken time, I try to cultivate small areas at a time to make it more manageable.
My favourite border this year is against a South facing wall. I have tomatoes at the back, with delphiniums adding height and colour. Mid section has kale, calendula and dahlias and at the front campanula, lavender, and violas. I have no real method just pop plants where they will fit!
Apparently nettles blended up into a smoothie are supposed to be brilliant for hayfever. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm thinking about having a patch somewhere.
Sounds lovely! I like nettle tea but haven't made it myself. Presumably the uncooked smoothie wouldn't sting?
Very comprehensive thank you
Excellent video. Thank you🙂
the entire pea family has lovely flowers, and interesting texture... the herbs are great! especially the variegated thymes and oregano... and so many of the edible shrubs are great year round! most of my garden is either edible, medicinal, or specificaslly planted for pollinators (or a combination, like echinacea and sage)
Thank you.
Great. Thank you.
This is so useful. Thank you for this content
I need to learn more about Roseberry Willow Herb!
SE Florida weeds among the ground cover: Weeds in around shrubs and bushes, no problem. Easy to maintain. However, very aggressive weeds have taken over my ground cover. I could not keep up with the maintenance, so I decided to adopt the weeds and treat them like a feral pet. "You can stay but you have to behave". I keep them under control with a hedge trimmer. Now I have soft green pillow-like shapes where the ground cover used to be. Not a "forever" solution.
It sounds nice, though.
I really enjoyed that, thank you.I do something very similar in my cottage kitchen garden. The plant next to the seating area wasn't actually rosebay willowherb but broad-leaved willowherb
This is a great video, thank you! I have been starting out my first garden and this kind of gardening interests me. I have been starting seedlings in my little greenhouse so I can then replace any vegetable that has been growing in a flower/herb border when I harvest it so there's not so many gaps. I am also going to allow my herbs to flower, too.
I didnt know geraniums were edible! Always learning something on this channel. Love this video, exactly the kind of garden Im trying to create, thank you for the info and inspiration 💜
So interesting, tfs!
🌼SO INFORMATIVE‼️🌿
Excellent, and inspiring too. I've just started to look at what I already have growing in my garden. Your video alluded to one, Rosebay willow herb, and I keep finding Lambs quarter. I shall be encouraging both! Thank you.
I bought lamb's quarters at my farmers' market...it pairs beautifully with goat cheddar! 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Hi, once again, beautiful and interesting video. This is literally my favorite subject, between the foraging, and useful plant relatives, etc. One of my favorites is purslane, I don't think it was mentioned.
One thing mentioned right away -- be sure what you're eating! Sweet cicily was mentioned, and I usually am pretty confident of my plants, but I've found people near where I live who have this growing almost side by side with poison hemlock. I know you can tell the difference, but I'm never totally confident, especially when they are small. I am at war with poison hemlock in my area and will regularly call the parks dept to remove poison hemlock from the parks.
Sorry I went off on a tangent again. I really loved your video🌿☘️.
I agree, better to say 'be sure what you're eating' too often than not enough. I put it in about four places, but maybe I could have said it more often! And thank you.
Had no idea you can eat hosta?! Alexandra, sow Scutellaria lateriflora(Skullcap) in your garden. Very easy to grow. It is perennial and makes an excellent relaxing tea. Combine it with mint, lemon balm or camomile to mellow its taste. It really does have a nice calming effect. Make sure it's the Lateriflora, American skullcap it is also known as.
Another edible perennial, Redvein Dock, is an interesting compliment in the garden bed. I'm not a big fan of the bitter taste, but I do love to use it for the colour contrast in the flower beds. It's not an aggressive spreader and it keeps its form, doesn't flop.
Interesting, thank you
Thanks for this - to me it's odd not to grow flowers and food together! The only real difference is you cannot use fleece or netting. I agree it is a classic cottage garden but this can fit equally well into more formal styles. Our garden has topiary and lavender - also plants like chard, kale or pumpkin. Even carrots (why not?) actually contribute beautiful flowers the next year, the same with ornamental chicory. These are all just plants...
Sounds lovely
A lot of veggies & other edibles have beautiful foliage (e.g. fennel & artichokes) and flowers (e.g. okra) & thus blend well in an ornamental garden. Problems can arise however when plants with very different requirements are mixed. Veggies can need a lot of fertilizer which can lead to overly rapid growth in ornamentals making them vulnerable to pests & disease. Some ornamentals (e.g. roses) require spraying which is not advisable around plants you eat. Just some things to think about. Always enjoy your show here in North Carolina. Please send rain.
I learned the hard way when the permaculturalists say to plant guilds. Plants in guilds also need to have the same water requirements. Killed a tree and almost killed a second one that were drought loving when mixed in with water loving edibles and herbs.
It’s too dry here to do permaculture. It would be a nightmare to keep oaks, black walnut and cedars cleared out. We do leave wild black caps grow in the back and the nettles I’m trying to get rid of and then there is buckthorn that is difficult to control as neighbor does nothing with their acreage.
I’m not one to eat flowers and never know when or what you could be allergic to.
Also the oaks and especially the cedars rob moisture like crazy. Have a flowerbed that I can’t keep watered.
#6. Don't forage if you don't know if it's been sprayed.
Excellent point
One comment about Epilobium angustifolium, which is one of the willow herbs, we call this variety fireweed in the US, its sap can irritate the skin in susceptible people, I avoid it as it gives me welts. I also have Chamaenerion angustifolium growing wild in my yard, I might give that one a go regarding consumption.
Yes, that's a good point because any plant (indeed anything) has the potential to trigger an allergic reaction in those who are susceptible.
Great video! Thank you.
I have 2 questions, please:
Can you remove black spot from roses naturally?
How to safely keep common hogweed in your garden, for consumption? I am worried about picking it and getting the sap on me, or my children accidentally breaking it and getting sap on them.
Also, any specific ways of cooking and eating it?
Thanks again.
I don't know enough about hogweed to answer that, but in terms of the black spot, I have just interviewed Ian Limmer, who has been growing roses for Peter Beales for 46 years, and he says that the important thing is to fertilise your roses after their first flush of flowering. This will produce healthy new leaves. There is nothing either chemical or natural that 'removes' black spot as the fungus keeps evolving, but Ian Limmer says that it won't hurt the plant, especially if you are fertilising. I did a video on roses, also a short extract which I put on Instagram, and one of the UK's other top rose growers, Michael Marriott, formerly of David Austin Roses left a comment to say he absolutely agreed with 'ignore the black spot and fertilise the plant to increase the number of healthy leaves.' I think if two of the most experienced rose growers in the UK say 'don't treat black spot, don't worry about it, fertilise the plant' then that is likely to be the best advice. Rose video here: th-cam.com/video/5OSf7ZvwpIU/w-d-xo.html
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden thank you for this comment and advise. I will try that.
I would like to use roses for medicinal and edible purposes, so I don't want to use chemicals to get rid of the black spot.
Thank you.
Keep going with your videos. They are fantastic.
For WHATEVER REASON I have burdock growing all over my property this year. Found out they're edible so am letting A FEW stay.
Apparently they were the original ingredient for borscht, though I'm not sure where you'd find a recipe.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden
Interesting. I'll do a search.
It would be ever be helpful if you can talk with someone about trees for impact and trees for shade in small garden room of 500 feet sq
If you have enough room for one large shade tree, I would recommend a maple. Maple leaves are edible and the trees can be tapped for water and the sugar maple also has sap for syrup. I would also say to avoid the silver maple because of the notorious nature they have of dropping limbs even when they're VERY mature.
For a smaller space, Japanese maple leaves are also edible.
Tubalghia is a very good alternative to garlic (flowers and leaves only you want to keep the bulbs forever).
The thing is that apart from asparagus, fennel, artichoke, rhubarb and aromatics, the rest is symbolic regarding our needs which is exactly why human beings spent many many years working to increase taste, yield, etc in order to avoid famine.
At one point my usual produce seller at the market used me as a cobaye for « new » products. Wild pears, tiny, hard as rocks : really ??? Barbary pear supposedly tastes similar to watermelon : really again! Otherwise top enclosure in Spain, no sane person would dare to trespass.
Yes, this certainly isn't about agriculture or self-sufficiency as you would need higher yields. But I'm going to try the Caucasian spinach as we use a lot of spinach.
Plenty to eat if you want to live on salad and tea.
Yes, it's just the gardening side of permaculture....since it's a gardening channel.
Gardening also covers fruit bushes and trees and other more substantial food sources that are included in permaculture systems.@@lesliekendall5668
I don’t see how this can be done with deer and chipmunk pressure…
That's a good point, although I think deer and chipmunk are already quite into edimentals - at least the deer in the UK are already eating as many ornamentals as they are veg.
I thought campanulas are poisonous
No, it's edible. I checked several sites and they all said the same - Here's one: www.agroforestry.co.uk/product/campanula-latifolia/