Intensive Garden 2 (with recipes online) Artichoke, potato, black-eyed peas, pepper, onion, dill, tomato, okra, corn for cornmeal, carrots, cumin, turmeric
Home Demonstration Garden
Intensive Garden 3 (with chickpea recipes online) Purple carrots, coriander, garlic, Yukon Gold potatoes, zucchini, sweet potato, tomato, chickpeas, onion, celery Intensive Garden 4 (with humus and yogurt sauce recipes online) Garlic, cilantro, coriander, tahini, sesame, red pepper, chickpea, pomegranate, walnut, sumac Garden for Small Spaces: Middle Eastern Salad Mint, Deep Purple carrots, basil, red potato, cilantro, red onion, Romaine lettuce, tomato, broccoli, cucumber, white cabbage, green pepper, celery, garbanzo beans, purple radish, Baby Oakley, lettuce Ornamental Vegetables Garden with Water Feature Vegetables to stuff with fixings: pepper, eggplant, tomato, squash Outer Bed: Mid-east Origins Onion, lettuce, cauliflower, black and purple carrots, fava beans, okra, cucumber, cabbage, spinach, carrot Flower/Vegetable Garden by Greenhouse Vegetables for grilling and roasting/ flowers for colorful beauty: asparagus, paprika, verbena, Yukon Gold potatoes pear, salvia, petunia, Tithonia, capscum, miscanthus, chickpea, calendula, serviceberry, solanum, zinnia Main Vegetable Bed for Family of 4 For soups and stews with herbs and flowers that like each other. Border: onion, leeks, carrots, chives, garlic, spinach, tomato, parsnip, cilantro, fennel. Rows: pepper, marigold, eggplant, green beans, potato, chickpeas, celery, parsley, tomato, mint, zucchini, bean cannellini, black-eyed peas, kidney beans, okra. All-America Selections
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Where in the World are the Home Demo Gardens? Judy Hohmann Marketing & Communications Manager
Venturing into the Home Demo Gardens (just off Three-Mile Drive) is akin to exploring a world of vegetables and herbs. This summer, Arboretum gardener Ted Pew tantalizes your imagination and taste buds with Middle Eastern and Middle Asian themes. Whether you fancy yourself as a novice or experienced home gardener, home-style cook or adventurous foodie, the Home Demo Gardens will inspire and offer ideas in a “lab garden” setting. “This is my first-ever try at growing these vegetables with this theme. Looking through food images found in magazines, catalogs and photos drove me to start designing the gardens to fit an entire menu,” says Pew, “and I kept going until I ran out of space.” Pew cites as the most unusual vegetable, the black and purple carrot; as the MVP (most valuable pod), the chickpea; and all-around versatility, the stuffed vegetable because it gives maximum creativity for fixings. By organizing the collection of nine garden beds corresponding to a multi-course menu, you experience a culinary taste of the region, including recipes recommended by Pew. How many ways to mix and match? Track how the gardens are growing all summer long and share your garden (and eating) experiences. Visit www.arboretum.umn.edu/gardensofeatin.aspx Read more: “The Anxious Gardener’s Book of Answers” – identifies the 100 most common gardening mistakes and gives information on how to avoid making them,Teri Dunn Chace, $12.95; and “Edible Gardening for the Midwest” – growing vegetables, herbs, grains and fruit in your ornamental garden, Colleen Vanderlinden and Laura Peters, $21.95,– both available (along with a wide variety of gardening supplies) in the Gift Store (952-443-1439).
june 2013