Planting Styles - Edible Landscapes

Question 1

What is an edible landscape?

Answer 1

A landscape designed to be both productive and aesthetically pleasing, often with a mix of ornamental and edible plants.

Question 2

What is organic gardening?

Answer 2

Founded on achieving a balance with nature and building soil health

Question 3

What is traditional gardening?

Answer 3

Annual cultivation, pesticide use, plants in rows

Question 4

What is permaculture?

Answer 4

Based on the ethics of Earth care, people care and fair share

Question 5

What is biodynamic gardening?

Answer 5

Works with cycles of the Earth, Moon and Sun, uses special preparations

Question 6

True or False: A woven Willow arch made from stems gathered in your garden is a sustainable plant support that would work for an informal edible landscape.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What are some of the benefits of community gardens for human health and wellbeing?

Answer 7

Reduced levels of loneliness
Access to green space
Physical exercise
Nutritious food

Question 8

Where might heritage varieties of top fruit and vegetables be especially favoured?

Answer 8

Historic walled kitchen

Question 9

Where might edible community gardening take place?

Answer 9

Public areas
Private land
People’s own gardens
Disused land

Question 10

What would be an appropriate choice of plant for the ground cover layer of a forest garden?

Answer 10

Fragaria vesca

Question 11

Name three companion plants good for attracting pollinators which have edible flowers.

Answer 11

Borago officinalis
Calendula officinalis
Tropaeolum majus