The Garden Footprint Blog: Beautiful, Edible, Low-Maintenance Gardens

Young plums ripening on a fruit tree in orange sunlight

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Growing Figs in UK Gardens: Drought-Tolerant Fruit Trees edible gardening edimental fruit trees

Drought-tolerant fruit trees such as figs, mulberries, and medlars growing in a low-maintenance garden during a dry summer.

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Fruiting hedge with elder, crab apple, currants, and sea buckthorn providing privacy, biodiversity, and edible harvests in a low-maintenance garden.

Fruiting Hedges for Low-Maintenance Gardens edimental fruit trees garden planning low maintenance gardening

A dense perennial garden border with hardy geraniums, sedum, and shrubs creating a weed-free, low-maintenance planting scheme.

How to Design a Weed-Free Perennial Border garden planning low maintenance gardening organic weed control time saving gardening

ripe apples ready for harvest

In Praise of Apples apples edible gardening edimental fruit trees rootstocks

Unusual edible plants including sea buckthorn, globe artichokes, honeyberries, and saltbush growing in a biodiverse low-maintenance garden.

Unusual Edible Plants for a Low-Maintenance Garden edible gardening edimental low maintenance gardening perennial edibles sustainable living

New build garden being designed from scratch with a plan, paving, and perennial planting for beauty, food, and biodiversity.

7 Steps to Designing a Garden from Scratch edible gardening fruit trees garden planning low maintenance gardening organic weed control

New build garden soil being improved with compost mulch and perennial planting to create a healthy, low-maintenance garden.

How to Improve New Build Garden Soil low maintenance gardening sustainable living time saving gardening

Ground cover perennials such as geraniums and ajuga used to suppress weeds in autumn gardens without chemicals.

Weed-Free Gardening Without Chemicals: Autumn Strategies That Last ground cover plants low maintenance gardening organic weed control time saving gardening

Ground Cover Plants for a Low-Maintenance Garden garden planning ground cover plants low maintenance gardening organic weed control time saving gardening

Pink and white ground cover flowers with text overlay Plants to Beat the Weeds – low-maintenance garden ideas

Best Plants to Beat the Weeds ground cover plants low maintenance gardening organic weed control

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