Edible Landscaping with Rosalind Creasy

The last weekend in June I was at The New York Botanical Garden’s opening of The Edible Garden, their summer long exhibition. Saturday morning I gave a lecture on heirloom vegetables and antique flowers and how to incorporate them into your edible landscape. Then, I was in the Seed Savers Garden for the rest of the day, answering questions and teaching people how to save their own seeds. The New York Botanical Garden will offer many more events featuring edible plants throughout the summer, such as their Edible Evenings: A Celebration of Wine, Beer, and Food featuring well-known chefs, demonstrations, and food and wine samplings. You also may want to check the progress of my Seed Savers Garden and attend some of the other edible landscaping presentations like the Home Gardening Center Demonstrations on Saturdays and Sundays. If you are particularly interested in seed saving make sure you visit the Seed Savers’ website and if you want to get started right away, the gift shop at The New York Botanical Garden has a large selection of Seed Saver seeds.

The following photos show the initial planting of the garden I designed in March and how it looked on opening day. I will update you with photos of the same garden as it grows throughout the season.

[caption id="attachment_345" align="alignleft" width="900" caption="Signing books on Saturday afternoon - © TalismanPHOTO, The NYBG"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_346" align="alignleft" width="900" caption="Laying out the chives in a geometric pattern to add some edible landscaping style - © Ivo M. Vermeulen, The NYBG"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_348" align="alignleft" width="900" caption="Three raised beds with curly kale, young basil, Bull's Blood beets, new teepees for cucumbers and tomatoes - © Ivo M. Vermeulen, The NYBG"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_347" align="alignleft" width="900" caption="The raised beds on the opposite side include the chive diamonds, triangles of basil, Bull's Blood beets, and tomatoes - © Ivo M. Vermeulen, The NYBG"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_339" align="alignleft" width="428" caption="Sign describing the Seed Savers Garden - © Ivo M. Vermeulen, The NYBG"][/caption]

On both days, Saturday and Sunday, I’ll be giving a lecture at 11AM on Heirloom Vegetables and Flowers. Following the lecture, I will be at the Seed Saver’s Vegetable Garden in the Home Gardening Center from 12:30 - 1:30PM. I would love to meet you, show you around, and answer any questions you may have about saving seeds. After that, I’ll be signing books in the Perennial Garden with author Amy Goldman. If you aren’t already familiar with her work, you can check out her fabulous books and recipes HERE.

Here’s a break down of my schedule:

Saturday, June 27th and Sunday, June 28th:

11AM - Lecture Hall Presentation “Heirloom Vegetables and Flowers”

12:30-1:30 - Q&A in the Home Gardening Center

1:30 - 2:30 - Booksigning in the Perennial Garden with Amy Goldman

**And, as a special discount for my readers, follow this LINK for 50% off of a second adult ticket. Enter EGDIG09 when asked for the promotional code.**

Edible landscaping lectures have been added to my schedule. These are now reflected in the 2009 schedule page on this website. The new dates include May 7-9 at the Burpee’s Open House in Doylestown, PA.

A very exciting addition will be at the New York Botanical Garden’s Edible Garden exhibition, where I have designed their Seed Saver’s vegetable garden and the new Victorian Cutting Garden. I will be speaking there on Saturday, June 27.

Finally, August 7th, 2009 has been scheduled for the Master Gardener Symposium at Oregon State University, in Corvallis. I will be giving a presentation on edible landscaping to the group and signing books.

Stay tuned for more. This is promising to be an exciting year for edible gardening!