Myndu Interior Design

A group of us met to talk about garden landscaping, and what plants were the least attention-intensive especially for the time-challenged and, for me, the space-challenged.

We discussed the different varieties of ornamentals and how to fit them around each other so they wouldn’t crowd each other out. We compared plant heights and wondered if raising some areas of the garden would make for a more visually arresting arrangement.

One of us was commenting that it would be nice to have some herbs among the plants when the host’s husband walked in and joined our discussion. He said he was planning his own “if you can see it, you can eat it” garden in their backyard, right beside their kitchen patio.

He said that every single plant in his garden would be edible yet the garden would rival our ornamentals in beauty. He mentioned bamboo for the shoots, taro (elephant ear) for the tubers and stalks, different kinds of pepper and basil, ginger and some dwarf apple, orange and coconut trees, three different colors of tomatoes, cabbages, cucumber and lettuce.

He had us when he said, “This is real, healthy fast food – you see it, you pick it, you eat it!”

We haven’t totally let go of pure ornamentals but are going around the nurseries to include more edible plants in our garden landscape plans.

Minimalist, contemporary house and garden design by Marcio Kogan. The Osler House consists of three parts: the house itself it separated into two levels, connected with a delicate staircase, and the garden which has a huge pool. The ground floor’s walls can be opened using rotating wooden panels, enabling the rooms to let sunlight in and have a relaxing view to the garden. Unfortunately there are no interior images, but the exterior is beautiful enough in itself.

Via ArchDaily (more images there)