Vegetable Garden Design Considerations.

First you need to consider what you intend to grow. Climbing plants such as beans and climbing peas require different conditions to pumpkins. Some vegetable require lots of sun some can cope with less. By making a list of the vegetables you would like to grow you can more efficiently plan you vegetable garden.

Vegetable Garden Design

may be based around the style of vegetable garden you intend to use. These styles include:
  • Traditional dug garden beds.
  • Raised Vegetable Garden Beds.
  • Container Vegetable Gardening.
  • Hydroponic Vegetable Gardening

The most important design aspect is to make vegetable garden beds no more than 3ft (1m) wide. This allows easy access for planting, fertilizing, maintenance, pest control and harvesting. It helps eliminate the need to stand on or in the garden. A 3ft vegetable garden with access from each side is ideal.

Where to Build your vegetable garden.

Position is important. If your vegetable garden is close to the kitchen it will tend to be used more often. A vegetable garden needs sunshine, be aware of how many hours of sunshine your garden will recieve. Consider incorporating vegetables into the flower garden. Most vegetables are happy in any sunny position.