"This is the cabbage, amaranth is that, my grandpa had planted, but also have such beautiful gardens in the Park. "A girl bragging to fellow. "Very unique, great ideas, it could often take the children to recognize known vegetables, now much better ran and don't know how long food was out. "But a gray-bearded old man tour.
When the plant becomes edible "landscape", coupled with walls, fences, planter's carefully crafted, a wonderful feeling was born, Vu is slightly different. It is a garden or a vegetable garden? Is and is not. Liu Yueh-to throw a new garden design concept – edible landscapes. It is not a simple farm, but through design, landscape beauty and ecological value. "Domesticated plants, at first in order to get food, then gradually differentiate species suitable for viewing, and makes heavy use of the modern urban landscape. "Therefore, the edible landscape was seen as a return to" salute ", in compliance with scientific principles of coexistence and the premise of growth cycle, according to color, leaf, plant densities and other characteristics of the gradient, reasonable sowing vegetables, herbs and other plants.
Seeding this spring and the plan will be carried out at the end of this month, will combine different themes per quarter to do elaborate, will grow more than 50 species of plants in spring and summer, blooming season, even in the bleak winter, there will be more than 30 kinds of plant competes to display his vitality.
In spring, for example, Earth, and all things recovery, high durability of perennial plants such as dwarf lilyturf will sketch the skeleton and skeleton, Emerald Mint with fine light green bitter lettuce such as narrow ribbon winding through. Located in the central region of the spiral garden, show green bud leaves of Eggplant, tomato and Chamomile will "honor" between them will produce incredible resistance to pests and diseases. East of pale pink raspberry and gardenia, red peppers which, Northern France circulated Lavender light blue luster. In order to balance the fruit and corn towering stature, tall colorful tomatoes made its neighbors. At that time, looked over at the door, will render the color shades affordable, well scattered, density views. Park also set aside a nursery area, easy to change, edible landscape remained "you returned me into" change state, clean vegetables can be used as green manure.
Cities can be "delicious"
People have "cabbage flowers like peonies," said, beauty of vegetables has never been buried. Edible Landscape is not so much new, plant than a real work of art, creating a clear plow rain reading comfort, make the City Green is not only eye candy, and stomach. In century Park greening Manager Cao Liming, edible landscape was a very participatory and operability of the project, is not inferior to the General decoration of the garden. Easy to learn farming techniques so that every visitor can easily participate in the construction of the garden, and share the fruits of labor to create. Since the second half of last year, "the vegetable garden" for a different holiday theme, scientific knowledge of vegetables, explaining traditional culture over more than 10 activities such as picking, painting, sketching, parent-child, gained popularity. Meanwhile, the edible landscape advocate a fine urban landscape management. According to "plant diary" by said, spring April rendering out best State, main work for regularly watering, and Shi organic fertilizer; summer vegetables soaring, and bee Butterfly flying, was refreshing, and way, rainy season comes easy led to pest increased, need improve alert; autumn is share and fun most strong of season, can expand rich of picked class science activities, plant of ornamental also depends on replant speed; winter almost all replaced for can open winter of vegetables varieties, pest less, just regularly weed, and fertilization, and irrigation. These work for the familiar organic vegetable gardener, will not be difficult without additional human and material resources.
Liu Yueh-revealed that people can build at home "edible balconies", has the same light and water requirements of plants are planted together, edible beautiful flowering plants and simple leaf vegetables together, homemade shelf to create the vine "vertical planting" simple modification will receive the same results. "We can think together: Garden should look like? Can only see, nor touch is green it? ”
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