Home Owner Gardening Questionnaire

1. What are your gardening goals? What are your Expectations?

2. How much gardening experience do you/your family have?

3. Do you have any tools?

4. What type of vegetable garden do you want? Organic, Traditional, Raised-beds, Patio, Other.

5. What types of vegetables do you/your family like? How will they be used? Fresh, Canned, Frozen.

6. What size of garden do you want? How much space is available?

7. Do you have pets? Considerations.

8. Do you have children? Do they have allegories to bees or wasps? Considerations.

9. How much time do you have to garden? Who will do the work?

10. Do you have any wildlife considerations? Rabbits, squirrels…

11. What type of watering system do you have? Considerations.

Questions/Comments:

Yard Evaluation

1. Garden Location/Problem areas. Considerations:

2. Utilities/ Power line Locations. Considerations:

3. Out buildings, Garages, Sheds Locations.

4. Current Landscaping. Considerations:

5. Wind/Sun Direction:

6. Soil Type/s. Considerations:

7. Water Source: City, Well…

8. Pet Damage. Considerations:

9. Shady areas/ Existing Trees:

10. IPM Practices: Additional Comments:

Basic Gardening Designs

Examples of Raised-Bed Gardens

Trough-Style Patio Planters

Louvered Patio Planters

Free Standing Patio Gardens

Self-Watering Patio Planters

The Look of Stone Patio Planters

Decorative Edging to Create Free-style Cottage Gardens

Traditional Gardens

Square Foot Gardening: Raised or Traditional Gardens

Small Animal Fencing/Protection

Protective Cover/ Raised-beds or Traditional Gardens

Standing Patio Planter Covers

Drip Irrigation Systems

Soaker Risers for Raised-Beds

Soakers with Risers/Sprinkler heads Free Standing Adjustable Sprinklers

Sprinkler Systems

Decorative Hose Guides

Raised- Bed Gardens

Patio Gardens

Protection Covers & Fencing

Fencing and Netting Options

Netting comes in a variety of sizes.

Reed Fencing can be used as Accent or Protection

Deer Fencing

Garden Types

Incorporated Landscaping

Planters and Traditional Cottage

Potting Benches

Raised-beds with Traditional Cottage-style Gardens

Raised-beds with Traditional Plantings

Raised-bed w/ Square-Foot Gardening and Protective Fencing

Lovely and Edible

Edible Flowers *Can be incorporated into any of the Gardening-Styles

Chart Of Edible Flowers

Name Botanical Name Blossom Color Flavor

Anise hyssop Agastache foeniculum light lavender sweet, anise-like, licorice

Apple blossom Malus spp. pale pink delicate floral

Arugula Eruca sativa white nutty, spicy

Basil Ocimum basilicum white, blue, pink, lavend varies by breed

Bee balm Monarda didyma red, pink lemony, minty

Begonia, tuberous Begonia X tuberhybrida red, yell, pink, orange wh crisp, sour, lemony

Borage Borage officinalis bluish-lavender cucumber-like

Calendula Calendula officinalis orange, yellow spicy, tangy, peppery

Carnation Dianthus spp. pink, red, lavender spicy, peppery, clove-like

Chive Allium spp. lavender onion-like

Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum spp. yellow, white slightly to very bitter

Cornflower Centaurea cyanus blue, pink sweet to spicy, clove-like

Daisy, English Bellis perennis white, pastels tangy, leafy

Day Lily (Lily Buds) Hemerocallis spp. yellow, orange, red sweet, crunchy

Dianthus (pinks) Dianthus spp. pink, many colors clove-like

Fennel Foeniculum vulgare yellow sweet, licorice

Fuschia Fuschia X hybrida bi-colors, varied acidic

Garlic Chive Allium white, pink garlic-like

Geranium Pelargonium spp. pink, red, white, peach varies by breed

Hollyhock Althaea rosea pink, white, lavender, red bland

Impatiens Impatiens wallerana pink, many colors bland

Johnny-jump-ups Viola tricolor purple, white, yellow, bi- sweet to bland

Lavender Lavandula angustifolia purple floral

Lilac Syringa vulgaris lavender lemony, floral, pungent

Mallow, malva Malva spp. purple, pink, white delicate, sweet

Marigold Tagetes spp. orange, yellow spicy to bitter

Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus red, orange, yellow peppery

Orchids purple/white crisp, warm and soft

Pansy Viola X Wittrockiana purple, white, yellow, bi- sweet to tart

Parrot-beak Clianthus puniceus yellow, red, bi-colors crisp, leafy

Petunia Petunia X hybrida many colors leafy

Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans red sweet, pineapple

Primrose Primula vulgaris many colors sweet to bland

Rose Rosa spp. many colors sweet, aromatic

Rosemary Rosemarinus officinalis light blue sweet, pine-like

Sage Salvia officinalis many colors varies by breed

Scarlet Runner Beans Phaseolus coccineus scarlet nectar, bean-like

Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus pink, yellow, white, bi-col bland to bitter

Squash Blossom Cucurbita spp. yellow nectar, sweet

Stock Matthiola spp. purple, white, pink, yell spicy to sweet, aromatic

Sunflower Helianthus annus gold, yellow leafy

Tansy Tanacetun vulgare rust, gold bitter

Thyme Thymus vulgaris white, purple lemony

Tulip Tulipa spp. many colors crisp, cucumber-like

Violet/Viola Viola odorata white, purple sweet, nectar

*Different types of Edible Flowers

Thyme

(Thymus vulgaris)