Spring Planning with Rosalind Creasy’s ‘The Edible Herb Garden’
The Edible Herb Garden, Rosalind Creasy
It’s late January. The ground is frozen, the hills are grey-brown and the garden is covered in ice. Convincing clients that now is the best time to create a landscape design for spring planting has never been easy. But it’s smart to begin now —when the snow is piled high and you’ve no garden centers to visit/distract you— with inspirational books, graph paper and tape measure in hand. Come May, you’ll be ready to snap up those seeds and six packs when the greenhouses swing open their doors.
Dreaming of a beautiful herb garden to replace that dry patch of front lawn? Or maybe you want to create an herb knot for the center of your potager? Thinking of something more formal this year, but not sure of just where to begin with your design? I’d suggest heading to your local library, bookseller, or online equivalent, to grab yourself a copy of Rosalind Creasy’s The Edible Herb Garden.
There are two types of books every gardener should have in their library: the how-to garden book and the how-to landscape design book. The Edible Herb Garden rests squarely on the latter book shelf, but also contains a bit of practical, hands-on gardening advice. If you have some growing experience, but need help in the layout and design department, and perhaps a few herb garden maintenance reminders, this is the book for you. And, if you are a gardening cook, this title rewards your hard work with some wonderful, summertime recipes and tips for preserving herbs in a variety of ways.
Rosalind Creasy’s Beautiful Garden Design Sketches will Inspire Your Plan
Flavored Vodkas from Rosalind Creasy’s The Edible Herb Garden
I’m designing a new vegetable/herb garden for a client this winter and plan to write more about potager gardens and layout in the coming weeks. Rosalind Creasy’s books on the subject of edible gardening are great inspiration. And, who wouldn’t want to conjure up a bit of summertime color, scent and flavor on these long, dark, wintry days?
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A copy of this book was provided by Tuttle Publishing in exchange for independent, un-biased review. No other compensation was received. The Gardener’s Eden is not an affiliate of Tuttle Publishing, but is an affiliate of Amazon.com.
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