Did you know your landscape can be as productive as it is beautiful? Trees and plants that bear fruit are some of the most popular and attractive additions to edible gardens. Just imagine your landscape filled with trees brimming with lemons, limes, oranges, avocadoes, figs, and even olives, with 1 or 2 beautifully espaliered against a courtyard wall. And just picture lush vines with plump, juicy grapes and kiwifruit and shrubs, bushes, and plants bursting with strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, lingonberries, and pomegranates. Even unsightly stumps can be dressed up with mushrooms. Lion’s mane, reishi, and oyster mushrooms (both blue and golden varieties) are particularly pretty, but all mushrooms have a certain appeal as well as exceptional health benefits. So, if you aren’t reaping a bounty from your landscape, rethink it, start adding your favorites today, and create the edible garden of your dreams.
