Food for the table Food scape

1. Edible
Landscaping:
ROEL C. PENAFLORIDA, TMC, LPT.

3. Food landscape
encourages combining
edible plants in our
landscape and works
under new ecological
paradigm. which could
best address those two
main problems. Food
landscape is a newly
coined. word and does not
have a specific definition.

4. HOW DO YOU MAKE A
EDIBLE LANDSCAPE
• Cover an Arbor With Edible
Vines. ...
• Mix Non-Edible Annuals
Into an Edible Garden. ...
• Choose Plants for Color and
Form. ...
• Use Plants in Mass. ...
• Plant leafy Along a Path. ...
• Combine Edible Flowers
With Vegetables. ...
• Summer Salad. ...
• Let Greens Bloom.

5. What is an example of edible
landscaping?
Asparagus -- plants grow in a fern
shape for ground cover. Alpine
strawberries -- attractive flowers and
bright berries can grow in a yard or
container. Squashes -- snaking vines
can grow well along trellises. Mint --
a bright, fast-growing ground cover.

6. What is the importance
of edible landscape?
These plants are used both for aesthetic
value as well as consumption. Edible
landscapes encompass a variety of garden
types and scales but do not include food
items produced for sale. Edible landscaping
is the practical integration of food plants
within an ornamental or decorative setting.

7. Is edible landscaping sustainable?
As such, having a
sustainable edible
garden is very much
recommended
because it can provide
the household a
"garden to table" food
which can help in
making the household
food self-sufficient.

8. Foodscape advocates
say to plant fruits and
veggies that the critters
are less inclined to eat.
The many possibilities
include asparagus,
arugula, fennel,
peppers, most herbs,
okra — and also onions
and garlic, two pungent
veggies that will help
deter animals.

9. Edible
Landscaping:
Fresh Solutions for
your Kitchen Garden

10. Topic Outline
 Definition of Edible Landscaping
 EL vs Conventional Landscaping
 EL vs Backyard Gardening
 Edible Landscaping Triangle
 Design
 Implementation
 Maintenance
 Components of Edible Landscaping
 Softscapes
 Hardscapes
 Themed gardens
 Edible Landscaping Design Ideas
 For home
 For rural areas
 For schools
 For parks
 For institutions

11. What is Edible Landscaping?
Edible Landscaping is a new approach that
science and creativity together to form a
revolutionary crop production technology. It gives
a twist in the conventional crop production as the
basic tenets of landscape designing become its
guiding principle.
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12. What is Edible Landscaping?
Edible Landscaping is innovative and creative
production technology which combines planting
of:
• Vegetables
• Herbs and Medicinal Plants
• Fruits
INTRODUCTION
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13. OBJECTIVE
In general, Edible Landscaping
aims to create an attractive
environment, functional spaces and
produce safe and nutritious food
for the table.
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14. Why do we do EL?
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AESTHETIC
-create beautiful and
attractive environment
FUNCTIONALITY
-establish a space that
functions depend on the
need of the end-user
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
-provide healthy, safe
and nutritious food for
the family and enabling
environment for wellness
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
-provide the household
food from “garden to
table”

15. EL vs. Conventional Landscaping
EL gives primacy to the use of vegetables and herbs
as major softscape materials as substitute for the
ornamental plants that are normally used in
conventional landscaping.
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16. EL vs. Vegetable Gardening
While vegetable plots are allocated at
the back spaces of home gardens in
backyard gardening, EL occupies the
premium spaces of the front yard or
the so-called public area of residential
lots.

17. Components of Edible Landscaping
 Softscapes
 Hardscapes
 Themed gardens

18. Softscapes
Technically, the plants used in
landscaping are called softscapes.
Components...

19. Softscapes
These include trees, shrubs and herbs serving as
screens, accents, hedges, and ground covers.
Components...
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20. Considerations in choosing
your Softscapes:

 Edible
 Nutrition
 Preference
Color, texture, scent and other attractive
physical characteristics
Components...

21. Hardscapes
Components...
These are non-living components
which can be non-motile or motile
and aid in achieving the function of
the space.
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22. Hardscapes
Components...

23. Hardscapes
Components...
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24. Edible Landscape Triangle
Design Phase
Implementation Phase
Maintenance Phase

25. Design Phase
The design phase revolves around the preparation of
the plan for the whole area for the entire production
period.
EL Process

26. Design Phase
Every component in the plan is designed to meet the
requirements for optimum crop production at the same
time governed by the elements of design such as line,
texture, form and color and principles of design such as
balance, contrast, emphasis, harmony, unity, transition
and proportion to meet aesthetic.
EL Process

27. Elements of Design
Form/Shape

28. Elements of Design
Color

29. Elements of Design
Line

30. Elements of Design
Texture

31. Elements of Design
Size

32. • Balance- equilibrium or equality of
impact
• Contrast- degree of difference in the
treatment of different elements
• Scale and Proportion- it gives a sensation
of bigness or smartness within space
• Harmony- a pleasing relationship
between all the different parts of design,
making each object or component a part
of a unified whole
• Emphasis- accent or focalization
Principles of Design

33. • Time
• Budget
• Site characteristics
• Style
• Maintenance
Considerations

34. Design Phase
The detailed steps in the design phase are as follows:
 Site analysis – evaluation of the particular space for EL
based on the problem areas, views, access, assets and
suitability for crop production.
• Design conceptualization – creation of EL design based
on the site analysis and following the principles of
landscape design and crop production.
EL Process

35. Design Phase
The detailed steps in the design phase are as
follows:
• Production of working drawings – optional but is
important in order to assess the design in mind
before implementation.
EL Process

37. Design Process
• Base Map
• Site Analysis
• Bubble diagram
• Concept Diagram
• Master Plan
• Lay-out Plan
• Grading Plan
• Planting Plan
EL Process

38. • Lot shape & size
• Orientation
• Climatic condition
• Architectural characteristics
• Technical aspects (topography,
drainage, electrical line, etc.)
• Individual preference
• Objective of the owner
• Nature of end-user
EL Process

39. garden design
• Themed Gardens
• Vertical Gardens

40. Design Ideas

41. Design Ideas
ORIENTAL

42. Design Ideas
FORMAL

43. Design Ideas
INFORMAL

44. Design Ideas
AQUATIC

45. Design Ideas
MEDITARRANEAN

46. Design Ideas
TROPICAL

47. In the implementation phase, the conventional
method in landscape implementation is followed but
focuses more on the production of seedlings and
planting materials and modification of the
environment to suit for the needs of the crops.
EL Process
Implementation Phase

48. EL Process
Implementation Phase
in the
phase are
The steps
implementation
site clearing, laying out,
hardscape construction and
planting.

49. SITE CLEARING
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE

50. LAYING-OUT
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE

51. HARDSCAPE
CONSTRUCTION
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE

52. PLANTING
IMPLEMENTATION

53. In the maintenance phase, all the practices
involved in landscape maintenance and
some of the applicable special practices in
crop production are applied.
Maintenance Phase
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EL Process

54. The difference is that edible crops are maintained as
an ornamental to provide aesthetic appeal during the
whole production period from seedling establishment
to harvesting.
Maintenance Phase
EL Process

55. Select for relatively drought-
tolerant varieties.
Mulching with plastic, leaves,
wood chips or old newspaper
can conserve moisture.
Water in the morning.
Water long enough to soak
roots.
Plants on containers can sit over
plates with water.
EL Process
Maintenance Phase
Watering

56. Nutrient deficiency can be corrected with the
use of organic matter.
Garden as well as kitchen wastes can be recycled –
wrapper leaves, old leaves and stems can be
shredded and composted then harvested and applied
to the plants.
EL encourages the use of compost as fertilizer and
soil conditioner.
EL Process
Maintenance Phase
Nutrient management

57. Compost can be applied directly to the soil or can be applied
as compost tea or juice.
Step Activity
1 Put about 2 cups of compost/ animal manure in a
ladies old stockings then tie it.
2 Put it in a 5 gallon bucket filled with water.
3 Cover and let it stand for 3-5 days under the sun.
4 Remove the stocking and apply the used materials to the
base of the plants.
5 Dilute the tea with water until it is light brown in color.
6 Spray it to the plants or add it to the soil.
7 Apply every two weeks. Use its as soon as it is made.
EL Process
Maintenance Phase
Nutrient management

58. Chemical pesticides are not encouraged in EL.
Onion, garlic andmarigold (Tagetes) can be
intercropped to repel some types of insects.
Chili and soap (Perla) solution can also control
some insect infestation.
EL Process
Maintenance Phase
Pest management

59. Pruning. The judicious removal of branches
should be done early in the life of the tree to
give it a better shape. Pruning can also
enhance fruiting in atis and in other plants.
Pruning and training will give attractive
architecture to plants.
Thinning out of flowers, fruits and leaves
prolongs the productivity of some plants.
EL Process
Maintenance Phase
Pruning and thinning out

60. Bagging is essential to produce a
blemish and insect free fruits.
Bagging materials are not limited
to transparent plastic or white
paper. EL encourage the use of
creative, colorful and aesthetically
appealing
materials.
EL Process
Maintenance Phase
Bagging

61. Ratooning is done to rejuvenate the
crops and to harvest much faster
than growing them from seeds.
Kangkong exhibits good response to
this practice, only few days is
required to grow new and
rejuvenated leaves that enabled the
landscape to maintain its lush and
green groundcover.
EL Process
Maintenance Phase
Ratooning

62. EL promotes staggered harvesting.
EL Process
Maintenance Phase
Harvesting

63. EL Process

64. Themed Gardens
Herb
Garden
Salad
Garden
Components...

65. EL for
Home
Design Ideas

66. Design Ideas
EL for Rural areas

67. EL for
Parks
Design Ideas

68. EL for
Schools
Design Ideas

69. EL for
Institutions
Design Ideas

70. EL for
Institutions
Design Ideas

71. Design Ideas

72. Design Ideas

73. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors would like to acknowledge with gratitude and
appreciation the cooperation and assistance of the following:
 Dr. Nicomedes P. Eleazar, Director of Department ofAgriculture-
Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) for funding the project.
 Dr. Cecilio R. Arboleda, Executive Director of UPLB-FI and Staff for their
valuable assistance.
 The Crop Science Cluster, College of Agriculture, University of the
Philippines, Los Baños for the support and facilities.
 All the teachers, students, farmers, hobbyists, organized group of women
and municipal agriculturists who participated in the training for their
time and interest in edible landscaping.
 Dr.Leonido R. Naranja, for conceptualizing and starting this project, for
without him this will not be possible.
 To all the people who in a way made significant contributions and
support for the project.

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75. ESSAY
Right Corner:
Discuss briefly and concisely
the objectives of Edible
Landscaping (20 points)
Left Corner:
Discuss briefly and concisely
the Edible Landscaping Triangle
(20 points)