Do you have a hobby of dreaming about a comfortable corner in your home, which would accommodate fresh herbs for home culinary masterpieces? If thanks to the pandemic, you’ve stumbled on a farmer’s market paradise with certified farm-fresh, ready-to-pop-off-the-vine vegetables and fruits that truly burst with flavor, then the only thing better than staying home and cooking, is staying home and cooking with these freshly-picked earthy treasures. Hear how you can bring fresh and natural charm to your home as well as fresh, organic herbs to your kitchen with the help of separate experts from Creative Environments and Ryan Young Interiors.
How could an herb garden be of advantage in your home?
Ryan Young Interiors: It is the greenery that gives life to the home Herbal touches to the interiors of the home thus enhancing its beauty. Aside from the practical necessity of procuring locally grown and consumable food for preparation and eating, creating a farm-to-table concept in home design assists in coordinating the relationship between the exterior shell and its form and the interior for a unified sense of unity in outward appearance. Placing plants on the living wall or choosing to have an herbs station on the windowsill of the kitchen are good methods of adding natural beauty and energy to a room.
How do you start/plan your kitchen garden?
Creative Environments: One benefit of kitchen gardens, and I believe this is the same as the home landscape gardens, you can design very dynamic spaces of different scales. If a homeowner has adequate space, our research shows that the sophistication of raised planters is a great idea to cultivate seasonal vegetables. If space is limited then Living walls, or any other small planting containers come in very handy.
What can be grown in a kitchen garden?
Creative Environments: About plants – depending upon the season, there are several options. When it comes to herbs people seem to always love planting thyme, rosemary, and basil, especially in summer and other warm periods and these plants are also a great favorite for growing from seeds carrots, lettuce, and radishes. Oh! Well if you have bigger ground for cultivation than crops planted during summer-fall like watermelon, cantaloupe, and pumpkins score big in the neighborhood.
What do you need to consider when planning a kitchen garden?
Creative Environments: First and foremost these are: The quality of the soil has to be good. The plants must be established in a mixture of rich, organic mulch so that they will be able to successfully develop. Second, having a quality irrigation system or a watering schedule is as crucial as in propagating and sustaining plant growth.
What are some popular kitchen garden designs that you recommend?
Creative Environments: Vertical gardens hence remain popular, especially of the living type. These are the best when it comes to the use of available space and they make great gardens. Another creative, space-efficient solution that we have implemented is putting tiny planter boxes inside bespoke outdoor dining tables. There are no real limitations to designing fabulous kitchen garden spaces so go ahead and realize your home garden environment.
