22 ideas for decorative vegetable gardens – pleasure for the eyes and the palate

A decorative vegetable garden is a pleasure garden for the eyes and thumb. Little do many people suspect that vegetables can also be very decorative and colorful. In fact, many vegetables were once grown for their ornamental properties. We offer you 22 examples and ideas for decorative vegetable gardens, that are useful and beautiful.

Decorative vegetable gardens – plants tastefully arranged

Get creative with your vegetable garden design. Create a series of decorative raised beds out of wooden slats and garden paths out of gravel. Check out photos of historic French potager kitchen gardens for inspiration. Plant vegetables with beautiful flowers and leaves. For example, the pretty purple cabbage planted in a row with snow-white cauliflower. Or experiment with plants in a group rather than rows for a decorative effect.

Decorative vegetable gardens supplemented with flowers and grasses

Growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers in the garden combines beauty with functionality. Orchards and vegetable gardens actually have the potential to look very decorative. Fennels, various types of lettuce, artichokes, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, garlic, spinach, beets, radishes and French beans can be successfully combined with beautiful types of flowers.

Cabbage framed by box hedges

Paint the wooden picket fence pink

Arrange vegetables and flowers nicely

Leaf lettuce varieties look very decorative

Vegetable cultivation in the raised bed

Basket instead of wood

Leaf lettuce and flowers in the raised bed

Potager kitchen garden