Comments on: Edible Edges: a walk around Totnes with Patrick Whitefield. http://transitionculture.org/2008/07/07/edible-edges-a-walk-around-totnes-with-patrick-whitefield/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Thu, 24 May 2012 06:51:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josef Davies-Coates http://transitionculture.org/2008/07/07/edible-edges-a-walk-around-totnes-with-patrick-whitefield/comment-page-1/#comment-58227 Josef Davies-Coates Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:13:22 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=1274#comment-58227 <p>That French garden sounds amazing :)</p> <p>I'm very much looking forward to doing Patrick Whitefield's Sustainable Land Use course next year :-D</p> That French garden sounds amazing :)

I’m very much looking forward to doing Patrick Whitefield’s Sustainable Land Use course next year :-D

]]> By: RS http://transitionculture.org/2008/07/07/edible-edges-a-walk-around-totnes-with-patrick-whitefield/comment-page-1/#comment-58218 RS Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:13:39 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=1274#comment-58218 <p>I was in Beauvais in France a month ago and saw an amazing little public garden in the town centre. Did not have a camera at the time and am desparately trying to get hold of pictures.</p> <p>The jardin was surrounded by a mixture of espaliered apple and pears mixed with beech hedges.</p> <p>The small beds and "rooms" within the jardin were divided by paths lined with herbs, cordon fruit bushes and vines, with more vines and roses tumbling over arches and trellises.</p> <p>The beds housed a mix of fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers, gooseberries, globe artichoke and chard, in full flower, alongside rosemary, chives and dahlia, kale, tomato and pepper transplants and loads of annuals.</p> <p>The whole triangular plot covered the same area as a smallish town plot - about 30-40 foot on the short sides. There were a couple of crafty seats and "sculptures" as well.</p> <p>I think that since the jardin was hedged with three entrances, it was partially protected and that planting within "hedged" beds provided a second psychological barrier to damage, even though much of the top fruit could be picked from outside.</p> I was in Beauvais in France a month ago and saw an amazing little public garden in the town centre. Did not have a camera at the time and am desparately trying to get hold of pictures.

The jardin was surrounded by a mixture of espaliered apple and pears mixed with beech hedges.

The small beds and “rooms” within the jardin were divided by paths lined with herbs, cordon fruit bushes and vines, with more vines and roses tumbling over arches and trellises.

The beds housed a mix of fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers, gooseberries, globe artichoke and chard, in full flower, alongside rosemary, chives and dahlia, kale, tomato and pepper transplants and loads of annuals.

The whole triangular plot covered the same area as a smallish town plot – about 30-40 foot on the short sides. There were a couple of crafty seats and “sculptures” as well.

I think that since the jardin was hedged with three entrances, it was partially protected and that planting within “hedged” beds provided a second psychological barrier to damage, even though much of the top fruit could be picked from outside.

]]> By: Albert Bates http://transitionculture.org/2008/07/07/edible-edges-a-walk-around-totnes-with-patrick-whitefield/comment-page-1/#comment-58184 Albert Bates Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:10:01 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=1274#comment-58184 <p>This was a very helpful and practical exercise, and I immediately want to incorporate such a food walk into our ecovillage design course later this month. We have taken on as a practicum exercise to redesign the downtown centre of Hohenwald, Tennessee, from the old (1930s) courthouse to the recently remodeled rail station 3 blocks away. Having read this, my head is already swimming with ideas for the courthouse lawn and the vacant lots near the railroad tracks, but I need to leave much of this to the imagination of the participants. Excellent post!</p> This was a very helpful and practical exercise, and I immediately want to incorporate such a food walk into our ecovillage design course later this month. We have taken on as a practicum exercise to redesign the downtown centre of Hohenwald, Tennessee, from the old (1930s) courthouse to the recently remodeled rail station 3 blocks away. Having read this, my head is already swimming with ideas for the courthouse lawn and the vacant lots near the railroad tracks, but I need to leave much of this to the imagination of the participants. Excellent post!

]]> By: Rich http://transitionculture.org/2008/07/07/edible-edges-a-walk-around-totnes-with-patrick-whitefield/comment-page-1/#comment-58183 Rich Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:35:06 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=1274#comment-58183 <p>Interesting piece, Rob. I'm left wondering how the fruit and veg are to be harvested and used once they've been planted. Would you like people to just help themselves, or are you planning some sort of organised gathering/ditribution/sael of the produce? Keep up the blog, it's the one I head to first on my RSS reader.</p> Interesting piece, Rob. I’m left wondering how the fruit and veg are to be harvested and used once they’ve been planted. Would you like people to just help themselves, or are you planning some sort of organised gathering/ditribution/sael of the produce? Keep up the blog, it’s the one I head to first on my RSS reader.

]]> By: millymop http://transitionculture.org/2008/07/07/edible-edges-a-walk-around-totnes-with-patrick-whitefield/comment-page-1/#comment-58179 millymop Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:42:55 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=1274#comment-58179 <p>yes - very interesting. I think the big message here is about ownership. I understand that many TTs are concerned about inclusion - a m(iddle cl)ass movement. Engaging disaffected and disenfranchised sections of society needs creative and multifaceted approaches. There is a story about the legendary Bromley-by-Bow well-being centre in London. Someone from the centre found some'youths' vandalising a nearby park. He stopped and talked to them. The next day they were fully engaged creating a mosaic/cobbled path across the park with a local artist. So vandalism was transformed into craft. The young people now had a positive and socially acceptable means of marking thir territory and would thence become co-guardians of the site. Get people involved. Make the thing theirs.</p> yes – very interesting. I think the big message here is about ownership. I understand that many TTs are concerned about inclusion – a m(iddle cl)ass movement. Engaging disaffected and disenfranchised sections of society needs creative and multifaceted approaches. There is a story about the legendary Bromley-by-Bow well-being centre in London. Someone from the centre found some’youths’ vandalising a nearby park. He stopped and talked to them. The next day they were fully engaged creating a mosaic/cobbled path across the park with a local artist. So vandalism was transformed into craft. The young people now had a positive and socially acceptable means of marking thir territory and would thence become co-guardians of the site. Get people involved. Make the thing theirs.

]]> By: Corinne http://transitionculture.org/2008/07/07/edible-edges-a-walk-around-totnes-with-patrick-whitefield/comment-page-1/#comment-58175 Corinne Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:16:29 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=1274#comment-58175 <p>Dear Rob, Thanks for this excellent report on a very pragmatic subject. It's helpful to see how others are evaluating potential growing spots in terms of a number of factors that include the current paradigm. Corinne</p> Dear Rob,
Thanks for this excellent report on a very pragmatic subject. It’s helpful to see how others are evaluating potential growing spots in terms of a number of factors that include the current paradigm.
Corinne

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