How to Design an Ornamental Kitchen Garden
Having your own ornamental kitchen garden will allow you to be able to grow your own vegetables, fruits and herbs right in your own backyard. You can also plant flowers as well. Make sure that you choose an area that receives ample sunlight.
Things you will need:
- Garden spades
- Lawn edgers
- Pencils
- Sketch pad
- Choose the area for your garden. Make sure that the area you choose gets at least half-a-day of sunlight. This is also referred to as "full sun." This will ensure that you get the most abundant crops.
- Decide what you want to plant in your garden. You can choose to plant vegetables, fruits, herbs or flowers.
- Venture out to get ideas. You can visit a local botanical garden with an ornamental kitchen to get some ideas.
- Decide how much time you are willing to put into your garden. This will help you determine how big your garden should be and what it should consist of.
- Sketch your design for your garden. Using a pencil and sketch pad, use straight lines for your stakes and curves to represent your edging. Play around with a few design ideas until you find the one that you like the best.
- Lay out your path for the garden. Once you have decided on your design, you are ready to begin. This is the time to put any fences or trellises that you plan to use to mark your path for the garden. Then you will be ready to start planting.