About us
We think that becoming as self-reliant as possible on nourishing, home-grown food can only be a good thing – it’s healthy, it’s reliable, it saves money and its fun. Our aim is to help anyone growing – or wanting to grow – their own fruit, vegetables, herbs and edible flowers using natural and sustainable methods.
Our goal is for more and more people to become confident and capable producers of fresh and delicious food for their kitchen tables. Wherever possible we encourage and support organic growing without the use of harmful chemicals and with the assistance of the natural environments that surround our gardens and growing spaces. Food is never fresher than when it’s picked from your own garden or growing space and this generally means it gets to your table without requiring a shred of plastic.
We recommend sustainable practises so that gardens can remain vital and productive year after year. Through the various sections of our site we go into detail on a range of essential tasks, practises and activities that are key to fun and easy edible gardening.
Inspire
We take you on tours of gardens around the world that grow food, sharing the different ways that edible gardening can be approached
Design & Create
From the functional and formal raised bed to a wild and natural food forest, growing food involves design. As well as ensuring we like the look of where we each grow our produce, good design can help to make gardening easier and more productive.
Human generated and natural patterns can help to determine how our gardens function and how efficiently we can work in them
Grow
We constantly update our growing catalogue of food plants and their beneficial associates so that you can confidently make them a part of your food family
CARROTS
GARLIC
PEAS
POTATO
SWEETCORN
COURGETTE
Eat
Harvesting is the ultimate reward for all we do in our gardens and growing spaces. The next step is to prepare what we have grown. We feature recipes from chefs and cooks that will enrich your harvest with mouth-watering ideas!