Red hot pepper red stemmed swiss chard round midnight basil fine leaf rosemary with other herbs like lemongrass or thyme can make it look appealing.
Courtyard vegetable gardens. Whether you want inspiration for planning a courtyard garden renovation or are building a designer garden from scratch houzz has 13 114 images from the best designers decorators and architects in the country including vero construction ltd and adlon construction. Vegetable gardens come in all shapes and sizes. Bbc gardener of the decade katherine crouch shows how to plant and grow a vegetable garden in a small space. Being close to water is also hugely beneficial for our mental and physical health and bluehealth an ongoing pan european research project led by the university of exeter uk is looking into this more closely.
They can add visual interest to it. Just because a plant is bred to be small doesn t mean the. If you must have a giant beefsteak tomato or a row of sweet corn the space for growing other vegetables in your small vegetable garden will be limited. A small garden is like a stage set everything is on show walls paving overhead structures and of course those key performers your plants whether it s a tree shrub groundcover climber or flowering perennial a plant needs to look good all year round as it will most likely be viewed from inside the house as well as the garden even deciduous species should where possible look.
Vegetables and herbs with the different texture attractive foliage and colors can be an excellent addition to your container vegetable garden. Copper rill and bowl water feature inspiration for a small contemporary courtyard garden in london. But even then you can choose varieties that are bred to grow in small spaces. There was a time when people simply had a garden vegetables and flowers were chosen for their usefulness and intermixed in one garden a cottage garden that was often in the front yard.
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