food garden

Homegrown produce patch

A food garden is a garden planted primarily to grow edible crops rather than ornamental plants.

The term distinguishes productive gardens—vegetables, fruits, herbs—from purely decorative landscaping: We converted half the backyard into a food garden.

Also called a kitchen garden or vegetable garden.

Related

permaculture · compost · seed saving · produce · farm to table · cultivation · zucchini · growth · nourishment · growing season · kale · crop rotation · self-sufficiency · companion planting · irrigation · harvesting · basil · lettuce

Opposites
purpose/function

food gardenflower garden

Planted area for ornamental blooms

formal garden · lawn · sculpture garden · rock garden · topiary garden

cultivation vs. wild

food gardenwilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

wasteland · fallow field · forest · pavement · parking lot

food production method

food gardenfactory farm

Industrial-scale livestock facility

industrial agriculture · feedlot · slaughterhouse · fish farm

Family

food, garden, foods, gardens, gardening, gardener, gardeners, gardened, foodie

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G