Edible Landscape

By Jordin Tafoya

PurposeTo design a landscape that is:

-Beautiful-Thoughtful-Productive

Requirements Budget: $5,000 6-10 hours to complete design

process All plants must be edible

Ideate: Plants Prickly pear cactus Mint Brussels Sprouts Watermelon Green Onions Squash Cucumbers Egg Plant Cilantro Rosemary Elderberry

The plants that I chose were…

Prickly pear cactusYou can make: Jam Candy Wine Cakes Medicines

MintUses are: Syrup Cleaning Adding flavor

Watermelon Good for cardiovascular and bone health Mostly fiber and water, so you will not gain weight

Cucumbers One provides most of the vitamins you need daily:

Vitamins B1,2,3,5,6 Folic Acid Vitamin C Calcium Iron Magnesium Phosphorus Potassium Zinc

Elderberry Used for medicine

Cold & Flu Swine Flu Boosting the immune

system Sinus pain Leg pain

Understand Where will the garden/landscape be

located? In a residential backyard

How will the local climate and soil conditions impact the design of the edible landscape?

Because certain plants require certain weather conditions like rain and moist soil, which New Mexico does not have.

Understand Has a budget been established for the

project?$5,000

What is your schedule for completion?6-10 hours for completing the design

phases

Ideate: Irrigation Underground water system

Would cost a lot of money Sprinklers Drip system

More for smaller plants than larger You would have to have something holding

the strips up Fish pond

Good for getting nutrients to the plants

Ideate: Drainage System All the extra water can run down to the

pond Underground pipes

Design Idea’s:Landscape

Final DesignReasons for choice:

• Most visually appealing• Has best irrigation• Has room for other

backyard furniture

Prototype: Cake

Prototype Materials Sour Patch Watermelon (Watermelon)

Wintergreen Tic Tacs (Cucumber)

Berry Skittles (Elderberry)

Green peppermints (Mint)

Airheads (Prickly pear cactus)

Refine Make the irrigation system have less

work for the owners Make the crops a little further apart Make a waterfall in addition to the fish

pond Because it would be more visually

appealing

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