More than just a vegetable garden

Veg­etable gar­dens are com­mon­place in sub­ur­bia; how­ever, edi­ble land­scap­ing is a rel­a­tively new trend. What’s the dif­fer­ence? Instead of plant­ing veg­eta­bles in neat rows, the recent trend is to use edi­bles in land­scape design by inter­min­gling them with orna­men­tals and even using edi­bles as orna­men­tals. The prac­tice of edi­ble land­scap­ing is not new, as it dates back to the ancient Egyp­tians and was also used in the medieval monas­ter­ies by the monks in design­ing their gar­dens. The recent rise in the pop­u­lar­ity of edi­ble land­scap­ing began in the early 1980s and is cred­ited, by many, to Ros­alind Creasy. She is the author of sev­eral pop­u­lar books on the subject.