Foodscaping: Practical and Innovative Ways to Create an Edible Landscape

Marc Notes: Foodscaping is what it sounds like - a combination of landscaping and food. This book is full of real-world examples, photos, and advice so that even an 'average Joe' homeowner and gardener can grow food without sacrificing either their lawn or their home's appearance to do so. While 'edible' and 'ornamental' aren't always synonymous, they can be combined, with the right plants, placement, and advice from author and edible gardening expert Charlie Nardozzi. Charlie's ideas allow you to add food plants wherever you like. Biographical Note: Charlie Nardozzi is a nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, and radio and television personality. He brings expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, lectures, the Internet, and the printed page. Charlie delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun, and accessible to everyone. Charlie has his own radio and television shows, is a well-known public speaker, and is the author of Cool Springs Press' "Northeast Fruit & Vegetable Gardening" (2012), "Vegetable Gardener's Journal and Magnet Gift Set" (2014), "New England Getting Started Garden Guide," and the upcoming "Foodscaping "(2015). Publisher Marketing: Keep your lawn and eat it too - "Foodscaping" will show you how to grow food without giving up your view."Foodscaping" is what it sounds like - a combination of landscaping and food. This gardening resource is chock-full of real-world examples, photos, and advice so that even an "average Joe" homeowner and gardener can grow food without sacrificing either their lawn or their home's appearance to do so. While "edible" and "ornamental" aren't always synonymous, they can be combined, with the right plants, placement, and advice from author and edible gardening expert Charlie Nardozzi. Charlie's ideas allow you to add food plants wherever you like. Incorporating food-bearing plants as hedgerows and barriers or in small spaces, containers, window boxes and many more ideas allow you to expand the types of plants you can use and even extend your growing season!For example, blueberry bushes provide not just fruit, but also wonderful fall color. Arbors and pergolas are perfect supports for edible plants and even simplify harvest. Squash and cabbage have attractive, interesting leaf textures, so they can be a part of the ornamental garden."Foodscaping" also goes beyond mere plant selection. The basics of gardening, planting, pruning, dealing with pests, watering, feeding, and harvesting are all covered in detail, ensuring your success in creating a beautiful, edible landscape for your home. Contributor Bio:  Nardozzi, Charlie Charlie Nardozzi, is a nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, radio, and television host. For more than 20 years he's been acclaimed as a dynamic and accessible communicator with a passion for horticulture. Charlie has brought expert gardening information to home gardeners on many levels through radio, television, websites, and the printed page. He is currently the senior horticulturist at the National Gardening Association.