Learn How to Design Your Own Beautiful Edible Garden

Design Your Beautiful Edible Garden is more than just a gardening course — it’s an invitation to reshape how you live, eat, and connect with the seasons. Whether you’re growing on a balcony, in a suburban backyard, or a rural block, this course will help you create an edible garden that’s not only productive but deeply beautiful.

We believe that a garden should feed your body, soothe your mind, and bring delight to your everyday surroundings. This course helps you plan, plant, and grow a space that supports all three.

You’ll learn how to:
– Understand your space, microclimate, and seasonal flow
– Choose edible plants that thrive where you live and look stunning while doing it
– Design an aesthetic layout using raised beds, pots, or in-ground plantings
– Combine vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers in functional ways
– Set up easy watering systems and simple soil care routines
– Create a garden that fits your life — whether you have 10 minutes a day or an afternoon to spare

This course is perfect for beginners or those ready to refine their garden with a fresh, intentional approach. We’ll guide you gently through decisions, from how wide your beds should be to how to choose colour palettes, succession plantings, and companion combinations that make sense.

And yes — it’s all designed for Australian growing conditions, with seasonal planting rhythms tailored to your climate zone.

By the end of this course, you’ll not only have a functioning edible garden — you’ll have a garden you love. A space you can step into every day with a cup of tea and come back with herbs for your dinner, flowers for your table, or just a moment of calm.

It’s not about perfection. It’s about planting something that grows with you.

Find out more here.


 

About the Author:

Written by Gumnut Co

Mel Chamberlain is a qualified life coach, short-stay superhost, author and aspriring horticulturist with a deep love for seasonal living and edible garden design. She’s the founder of Gumnut Co and the creator of two off-grid Greensteads in Central Gippsland, where she also hosts guests at Banjos Cabin and Gumnut Cottage. Through her writing, Mel shares real, down-to-earth ways to slow down, grow your own, and reconnect with what matters — no matter where you live.

Mel Chamberlain

Mel Chamberlain

Founder of Greensteading

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