Food Forward Garden Design: A Complete Guide to Designing and Growing Edible Landscapes

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Christian Douglas Tyler Florence

Food Forward Garden Design

A Complete Guide to Designing and Growing Edible Landscapes

Christian Douglas, Tyler Florence

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Artisan Books
14 November 2024

Garden design & planning; Gardening: growing fruit & vegetables

Vegetable gardening reinvented-and elevated-with the high-style approach of award-winning landscape designer Christian Douglas.

Growing food doesn't have to mean sacrificing style. In his debut book, award-winning landscape designer Christian Douglas showcases the myriad ways to use edibles to elevate the design of your outdoor spaces. Visit chef Tyler Florence's property, whose hillside is transformed into a three-tiered terraced bed filled with an abundance of produce year-round. A family's suburban plot that is a forager's paradise, with hidden edible treasures woven into each space and along every path. Plus gardens in small city backyards, edible plots carved into forests and meadows, even a rooftop vegetable garden.

But this is not merely a lookbook. By using his own lush garden in Marin County as a studio/classroom, Douglas introduces readers to the essential tools and techniques they need to successfully plant, grow, and harvest a bounty of vegetables, fruits, berries, and herbs. We learn how to evaluate the best lighting and soil conditions, choose plants that will thrive in our climate, and discover the designer's favorite edible swaps for common landscape plants (a persimmon instead of a dogwood, a fig instead of a maple, a hedge of rosemary instead of yew). The food-forward options are limitless.

By: Christian Douglas
Foreword by: Tyler Florence
Imprint: Artisan Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 262mm, Width: 194mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 1.100kg
ISBN: 9781648291548
ISBN 10: 1648291546
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 14 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Christian Douglas is a landscape designer and the founder of Christian Douglas Design, where he creates extraordinary culinary gardens for private clients, and the Backyard Farm Co., where he and his team of urban farmers teach homeowners around the world how to grow food. In 2020, Christian was awarded the California Home+Design Award for landscape design. He has a regular gardening column in Marin Living magazine and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest, California Home+Design, and other major publications. Follow him on Instagram at @christian_douglas_design.

Reviews for Food Forward Garden Design: A Complete Guide to Designing and Growing Edible Landscapes

"""It's rare to find someone who has observed so many horticultural traditions around the world and can also bring home the simple pleasure of a backyard tomato. In this book, Christian Douglas does it beautifully.""--Stephen Orr, editor in chief, Better Homes & Gardens ""When Christian was done with my ordinary wine country house, I was surrounded by magical, lush, delicious gardens. It has been beyond life-changing to eat the healthiest fare from our own small piece of land in a setting as beautiful as Napa Valley itself. Christian and his team are creative innovators who love to teach us all a better way to live.""--Sheri Salata, author, speaker, and producer ""This book combines the satisfaction of growing your own food with real practicality and beauty.""--Kim Wilkie, landscape architect"