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The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

468-Edimentals: Beautiful Perennial Plants That You Can Eat

The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

Joe Lamp'l

Home & Garden, Hobbies, Leisure

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

If you want a garden that looks great, feeds you and requires less upkeep, edimentals — edible ornamentals — provide just what you're looking for. Joining me to discuss the benefits of these perennials that pull double-duty is garden designer Harry Holding, the author of "Eat Your Garden."

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody. This is Joe Lampel, The Joe behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner Show.

0:05.9

Let's start with a question. What if your garden could be just as beautiful as it is delicious, and require less work, not more?

0:14.4

That's not a fantasy. That's the Edimental Garden. And today's guest has made that his life's work.

0:20.6

Harry Holding is a UK-based

0:22.2

garden designer and the founder of a London design studio focused on resilient, ecologically-minded

0:28.1

landscapes. He studied at the prestigious London College of Garden Design at Q Gardens, graduating

0:34.4

with distinction and the top student of the year award. He's been called A Rising Star by House and Garden, has received many awards including for his school food Matters Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, winning the People's Choice Award, and a Silver Guild medal with over 80% of the plants in that garden being edible. Monti Don himself has called

0:56.9

Harry one of the most exciting young designers working today. Now Harry has written the book,

1:02.4

literally, eat your garden. It's the first book to focus on a style of edible gardening that is

1:08.1

lower in effort, greater in beauty, and less demanding of space than

1:12.2

the traditional kitchen garden. His pioneering design principles draw from permaculture,

1:17.1

food forest, agroforestry, and edible meadows, all things this audience knows and loves. So whether

1:23.3

you're a food grower, a native plant enthusiast, or both, I think you're going to find a lot

1:28.4

to love in this conversation. So let's get started, and as we do, thanks to our sponsors for today's

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