Designing the Perfect Kitchen Garden: Beauty Meets Productivity

The Productive Garden as Aesthetic Object The false dichotomy between productive and beautiful gardens is one of the most limiting ideas in gardening culture. The greatest kitchen gardens in the world — the Potager du Roi at Versailles, the walled gardens of great English houses, the productive gardens of Monticello — are among the most beautiful spaces ever created. Productivity and beauty are not in tension; in fact, a garden designed with both in mind is often more productive than one des…