Brooklyn Botanic Garden guides for a greener planet #196

The magic of food plants / Elizabeth Peters -- Beauty and bounty in the garden / Barbara Damrosch -- Edible garden designs: A delicious front yard / Meghan Ray ; An ornamental potager / Cayleg Long ; A native food forest and meadow / Ulrich Lorimer ; A home orchard / Joan McDonald ; Container gardens / Jennifer Williams ; A public garden / Caleb Leech ; A children's garden / Ashley Gamell -- Encyclopedia of edible garden plants / Joni Blackburn -- Edible garden plants at a glance -- Planning your edible garden -- For more information -- Contributors -- Index

This volume is a brief encyclopedia of edible plants, offering colorful profiles highlighting each plant's ornamental attributes, origins, use as food, and cultivation requirements. A portfolio of garden designs -- including a home orchard, traditional kitchen gardens, children's garden, container gardens, and school garden -- provides inspiration for home and professional gardeners alike. Additional information on organic care and sustainable techniques (slow gardening, permaculture, building soil) completes this hands-on guide