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

Young plums ripening on a fruit tree in orange sunlight

How to Choose the Right Fruit Tree Rootstock carbon footprint edible gardening edimental fruit trees garden planning

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

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

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

Edible garden design plan for a children's snacking garden, showing planting zones with images of fruiting plants like apples, berries, currants, and herbs positioned around a central garden layout

Garden Planning You Can Do on Your Lunch Break edible gardening garden planning low maintenance gardening online gardening tools time saving gardening

Why Poor Garden Planning Gets Expensive—Fast edible gardening garden planning low-maintenance gardening

"Garden zoning map showing sun, shade, wind, and overlooked areas. Zones include morning sun, evening sun, dry shade, and exposed windy areas."

Zoning: The Key to a Low-Maintenance Garden edible gardening garden planning low-maintenance gardening zoning

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