And in the middle where the paths are crossing I maybe will build a vertical herb garden. In my little potager I plan to have a trellis with beans climbing it. Here are some sketches to illustrate the points. A container plant like a container citrus tree is also a good vertical elements.Īll these elements can be either be situated inside the borders or can actually be in crossing of paths so you can make something like a small forum in the crossing of the paths that will also have a vertical element of your choice. Other vertical elements in potager can be trellises with either flowers or beans climbing them. For ornamental elements you can use columns, bird baths, statues, or a topiary. The vertical elements can be ornamental or functional or both. Since potager garden follows the rules of formal garden, some vertical elements and focus points are also needed. That way you don’t have to dig for the start of the garden. You can also just raise the borders straight on the lawn, without removing it. Or if you are adding your potager to existing lawn, then just leave the paths in lawn. For paths between the borders you can use whatever material you want. It is a very easy diy project.īetween the borders will be mulched paths to allow less muddy harvest. For raising my borders I will use wicker fences (wicker hurdle) that I will do myself. My little potager will have 4 borders that will be slightly raised (15 cm). The layout of your potager is restricted by space and your imagination. You can have just one border or you can have 20 or 30 borders in your potager. Potager can have as many or as few borders as you want or have space. Nothing is promised, but this is a good way to go in organic gardening. And even if they do, since the veggies are not in straight lines, pests do smaller damage then in usual one veg per border garden. Pests have a hard time finding their munchies. This type of garden has good pest resistance because of the mix of different vegetables, herbs and flowers. Good techniques to use in potager garden are companion planting and crop rotation. The borders can be raised, or it can be made as a no dig garden. It follows the rules of flower border design with contrasting colours and shapes.
Potager garden is good looking in most of the seasons.
It has borders that follow the formal design pattern, and usually have some kind of fence or hedge around them. Potager is a type of vegetable or kitchen garden that has flowers, herbs and vegatables planted in it. Here are my tips on how to design a potager garden. Potager garden does require some planing and designing, and winter time is perfect to work on those. For my little veg patch I have big plans.
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