Edible Garden Pictures

A corner of this small backyard features edible raised beds with drip irrigation surrounded by low-maintenance gravel. An adjacent mixed border consists of ornamental plantings interspersed with edible blueberry shrubs and groundcover strawberries.

Seven types of lettuce were used to fill the Teacup Garden at Chanticleer, an estate garden outside of Philadelphia.

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Arne Maynard’s kitchen garden at Allt-y-bela in Usk, South Wales is picturesque yet productive.

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Raised beds with handmade tepee trellises in North Yorkshire, England.

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Raised planters constructed from untreated oak and filled with a soil/leaf compost mix, wonderful for producing fresh, juicy produce.

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At the Rudd Oakville Estate in Napa Valley, the potager garden features neat rows of vegetables and herbs, and espaliered fruit trees.

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Vine-ripened tomatoes at the Rudd Oakville Estate in Napa Valley.

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An espaliered apple tree at the Rudd Oakville Estate in Napa Valley.

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Sweet peas grow abundantly in this Portland, Oregon garden.

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Pumpkins love the warmth of the rock wall in this fenced edibles garden. Other edibles more attractive to deer are kept behind the fencing.

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Green beans grow in raised stone planters. In the background, sunflowers provide color and attract birds.

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A 55-foot-long curved herb wall brimming with more than 2,000 mostly edible plants, from sage and lemon thyme to rosemary and lavender.

Learn more about how edibles are grown at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

Espaliered Comice pears line the border of this Healdsburg, California kitchen garden.

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This kitchen garden in Northern California’s Sonoma County was inspired by 17th-century French parterres. It includes a bounty of seed-grown edibles, including ‘Paris Market’ carrots, ‘Rosa Biaca’ eggplant, and heirloom tomatoes and corn. Marking the axes are exclamation points of cypress trees.

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The fruit from three types of quince trees (Cydonia oblonga) are used to make chutneys and galettes. Planted below them, herbs like thyme create a groundcover tapestry.

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Tiers of organic vegetables grow on what used to be an overgrown hill behind this house.

See more of this garden: My Garden: Tiers of Vegetables in New York.

This kitchen garden features eight 4-by-8 foot beds made of rough-hewn hemlock, which is naturally rot-resistant. Running perpendicular to the hemlock-enclosed beds are four 2-by-8 foot beds framed with 1-by-10 inch pine. Paths here are paved with shredded wood chips, and the garden is protected from woodchucks, rabbits, and deer by wire-mesh fencing.

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Giant artichokes, a California favorite, bloom in a garden in Healdsburg.

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In Calistoga, California recycled redwood planters hold eggplant, squash, tomato, and herb plants.

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A small grove of fragrant Valencia orange trees is underplanted with oregano (Origanum vulgare) and paved with a permeable walking surface made of decomposed granite.

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Monticello’s garden now features tansy, ‘Green Globe’ artichoke, scarlet runner beans (on the poles), tree onions, and tomatoes (on the trellis).

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Thomas Jefferson was fond of sesame, which is shown growing here (on the left). He also grew ‘Red Calico’ lima beans (on the right).

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Pear trees are trained over hazel arches in Arne Maynard's kitchen garden in south Wales.

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