Edible Landscaping: See My Ornamental Edible Garden

Edible Landscaping
Written By Steven Biggs

Ornamental Food Garden

Want to harvest more food from your home garden?

(And make a garden that looks really beautiful?)

Forget the farm-style garden, with row after row of crops. (They’re practical for large spaces…but not ideal for a small home garden.)

Check out this video of my garden to see how I plant a mix of edible plants to create a garden full of colours, textures, and eye-catching form.

Grazing Garden

Home gardens are often small. Rather than focus on a whopping big harvest for storage, I like to focus on a wide variety of crops for harvest on an ongoing basis.

Think of it as a grazing garden. Pick something for each meal, whether it’s pea tendrils as a garnish, edible flowers, or herbs.

In a home-garden setting, where there are competing needs for a small amount of space, we can make food gardens that:

  • Look beautiful

  • Are compact

See how I combine edible and ornamental in my garden.

Thanks to my friend Steve Benjamins for making this video for his Good Harvest YouTube channel.

Here's the Video
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Steven Biggs

Recognized by Garden Making Magazine as one of the "green gang" of Canadians making a difference in horticulture, Steven Biggs is a horticulturist, former college instructor, and award-winning broadcaster and author. His passion is helping home gardeners grow food in creative and attractive ways.


He’s the author of eight gardening books, including the Canadian bestseller No Guff Vegetable Gardening. His articles have appeared in Canada’s Local Gardener, Mother Earth News, Fine Gardening, Garden Making, Country Guide, Edible Toronto, and other magazines.


Along with over 30 years working in the horticultural sector and a horticultural-science major at the University of Guelph, Steven’s experience includes hands-on projects in his own garden including wicking beds, driveway strawbale gardens, and a rooftop tomato plantation—to the ongoing amusement of neighbours.


When not in the garden, you might catch him recording his award-winning Food Garden Life podcast or canoeing in Algonquin Park.

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