I am green with envy! Here's the entrance to the kitchen garden at Lara Plantation outside New Orleans. 
I want my poor little edible garden to be more attractive and am looking for inspiration! This is definitely inspiration! Maybe I can emulate some of this - but on a smaller scale! 
 Love how the fruit trees line this annual bed! |
And what a pretty cucumber support! Check out the bottle edging.
I think this little bromeliad (?) is strictly for looks. But mixing edible and decorative is what's happening these days. I've tried to include a few herbs in random spots of the garden - tomatoes too, but without much fruit success. 
I do wonder if they grew their food in raised beds when this was a working plantation - talk about ahead of their time! This is the only 'banana' picture I got. See the banana plants in the back left? The bananas were planted in small circular beds - about 6'. More trimming around the beds but easier harvest of the bananas.
I have shyed away from separate beds in the edible garden - I think I was afraid of getting a wily-nilly look. But I think I'll try to mix things up a little bit now.
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