A Kitchen Garden offers tremendous potential for providing fresh fruit and vegetables.
When you have a kitchen garden there is simply no better taste than from hand picked produce that is eaten only a few hours or even minutes from being harvested.
If you are looking for help and advice then I have many years experience in restoring and building walled gardens complete with a full inventory of buildings, greenhouses; and apparatus required to grow every conceivable plant, be it for eating or floral enjoyment.
Careful planning for both a brand new garden or the restoration of an existing one is essential to avoid costly mistakes. When building walls, greenhouses and other associated buildings the site needs careful consideration. Plan for all seasons, weather conditions, utilities and access and your kitchen garden design will work well for you and your staff and provide a wide choice of fruit, vegetables and flowers.
The consultancy is able to offer a year’s calendar for the whole kitchen garden, from sowing, to pruning and harvesting, together with a programme of biological pest control to minimise on chemical use.
If you have a Kitchen Garden that requires restoration, help with maintenance or staff that need training on any aspect of growing vegetables, training fruit or tending sub tropical and tropical plant collections in glasshouses, then do contact the consultancy for advice.
The history of walled kitchen garden design – For many years walled kitchen gardens were commonplace in large country estates and houses. These were designed to supply food, herbs and flowers to the main household with their large families and many visiting guests. The high walls surrounding these gardens provided protection from predators and shelter from the elements. They also established a micro-climate and the retained heat , thus offering the best conditions for fruit and vegetables to grow in abundance. Many walled kitchen gardens had glasshouses that were heated in order to extend the growing season and enable the cultivation of exotic fruit and vegetables as well as flowers.