Edible Landscape Design in Sussex

Through incorporating edible plants, fruits, and vegetables, your outdoor spaces become one that is sustainable and saves on food miles and unnecessary shop brought packaging and waste. Sustainable landscapes that satisfy.

In its simplest form, edible landscape design or as sometimes referred to ‘foodscaping’ is a way of incorporating vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers into your garden with the aim of them performing multiple functions. Those multiple factions being: increasing biodiversity, creating or preserving habitat, a source of food and nutrition, and aesthetically pleasing.

A system-based design, combining traditional landscape design with soil science, ecology, and organic food. Designing spaces in 3D to make the most of all niches, edges and microclimates.

Typically, our designs are focused around utlising edible perennial systems. These long lived systems have the benefit of increasing production year on year and reducing maintenance year on year. Many other benefits include: longe term carbon storage, high nutrition high value food, beautiful biodiverse sanctuary spaces that all you to feel and taste the natural world around you.

The Benefits of Edible Landscapes

The benefits of edible landscapes are vast with notable improvements for the environment, whilst also bringing about economic and many social benefits.

• Through the production of own grown produce, the reduction in food miles is dramatically reduced. Great for the environment.
• Edible perennial systems become stronger and more abundant whilst simultaneously requiring less maintenance work as the time goes on.
• Fruits, herbs, and vegetables are at their fullest in terms of flavour and nutrients immediately after being harvested. Having them in your garden allows you to enjoy far fresher produce than if purchased elsewhere.
• Edible landscapes can help improve the aesthetics of urban areas and increase participation of the community. Community gardens are a great way to help those without a garden to connect with their food and nature.
• The process of growing food is a great way to connect with nature and your environment. There are many mental health benefits from connecting with nature on this deeper level.

The replacement of some of the more ornamental settings with edibles is a technical challenge. It is vital you ensure that the plants are placed in a suitable location to allow them to thrive.

Here at SolSeed Landscapes, our in-depth knowledge in soil science and the biochemistry of various plants allows us to integrate edibles seamlessly within your outdoor whilst improving function and the aesthetics of the space.

The amalgamation and blending of edibles with ornamental plants and shrubbery is a form or art. It is no surprise that edible landscaped gardens have won the highly acclaimed Royal Chelsea Flower Show (Great Spring Show) on more than one occasion.

Our attention to detail through our ecological, environmental, edible, and permaculture landscaping ensures that every landscaped garden we produce is designed to enhance the maximum potential possible leaving you a space with soul.

Contact

Have any questions or would like to discuss a design for your outdoor space? Please head to our Contact page and fill out the online form or alternatively, you can call us directly on 01273 107326 / 07565 842951.

We look forward to learning more about your project and how we can provide the vision for your outdoor space and nurture your landscape for the future.