Collect rainwater — The storage shed at Fletcher Allen Health Care's Garden Pavilion was designed by H. Keith Wagner Partnership to channel water into a rainbarrel for garden use. • Build a bed — Raised beds give structure to edible gardens. and more »
Master Gardeners' annual tour offers a bounty of ideasInitially, the owner envisioned a lovely English garden full of foxglove and delphiniums, but soon discovered that this type of garden required too much labor and water. After installing a raised bed however, the owner became hooked on vegetable and more »
According to Woods, the family knew they spent less on groceries while eating the fruits of their garden efforts. A personal investment of time and labor replaced cash trades for common food staples. Woods said a single raised bed can host a variety of
She circled behind the Women's Prison, along an alleyway where the prison plans to put up two greenhouses and plant a raised-bed garden. Dozier is skeptical that the area, once fenced, will remain a garden. Four years ago, Dave Armstrong of and more »
The collective plans to have 39 wooden planter beds, gravel and compost garden paths and irrigation for organic gardening. Three of the 10-foot by 10-foot beds will be used to supply the Harvest for Hunger program and the South Portland Food Cupboard. and more »