ORNAMENTAL VEGETABLE GARDENING

by SALLY GREGSON

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New softcover book, 176 pages, published 2009

Ornamental Vegetable Gardening demystifies growing vegetables and explains how a vegetable garden can be as beautiful to look at as it is productive, healthy and economic to use. In her clear, attractive text Sally Gregson explains how the principles of good design and the use of colour, form and texture can be used to transform a garden of vegetables, flowers and herbs.

The practicalities are covered simply to guide you step by step through the process of

• making a scale plan
• choosing the materials
• preparing the ground
• sowing and growing
• looking after your vegetables organically

Contents include

• Introduction
• A potted history
• Designs
• The planning stage
• The basic materials
• Getting down to earth
• Decorative elements
• Planning the sowing and growing
• What to grow - vegetables
• What to grow - flowers and herbs
• Organic gardening
• Appendix: sowing and harvesting calendar (note: this is a UK publication, so the calendar needs to be adjusted by 6 months for Australian seasons)