Follow your zany muse and get creative with your vegetable garden. Niki Jabbour brings you 73 novel and inspiring food garden designs that include a cocktail garden featuring all the ingredients for your favorite drinks, a spicy retreat comprising 24 varieties of chile peppers, and a garden that's devoted to supplying year-round salad greens. Created by celebrated gardeners, each unique design is accompanied by both plant lists and charming anecdotes. This fully illustrated collection glitters with off-beat personality and quirkiness. From a front-yard farm to a chile lover's plot, growers of every stripe will find inventive designs for growing food in any space. Introduction About the Contributors Urban Farmscape-Patti Marie Travioli Culinary Herbs for Beginners-Susan Appleget Hurst Pollinator-Friendly Raised Bed-Paul Zammit Beautiful Balcony Edibles-Andrea Bellamy Southern-Style Backyard Farm-Carolyn Binder Edibles on a Patio-Donna Balzer American Potager-Jennifer R. Bartley Eggs & Everything-Jessi Bloom Fig-Pig Patio-Steven Biggs Critter Control-Karen Chapman Eat Your Yard-Nan K. Chase Partially Shaded Vegetables-Marjorie Harris Sidebar: Windy City Harvest Small Space Beds-The Chicago Botanic Garden The Circle of Life-Emma Cooper Sunburst Veggie Garden-Shawna Coronado Sidebar: Living Walls Formal Herb Garden-Kate Copsey Chile Lover's Garden-Dave DeWitt Starter Kitchen Garden-Roger Doiron Sidebar: Lasagna Gardening Formal Kitchen Garden-Ellen Ecker Ogden Grocery Garden-Jenks Farmer Backyard Orchard-Colby Eierman Front-Yard Foraging-Sarah Elton Canner's Garden-Daniel Gasteiger Slow-Food Garden-Laura Henderson Power Foods-Dan Jason Heirloom Sampler-Marie Iannotti Wildlife-Friendly Garden-Tammi Hartung Hanging Gutters-Jayme Jenkins Modern Truck Garden-Leslie Land Vintage Victory Garden-Lamanda Joy Asian Vegetables-Wendy Kiang-Spray Garden Squares for Kids-Karen Liebreich and Jutta Wagner Urban Homestead-Theresa Loe Teaming with Microbes-Jeff Lowenfels Urban Shade Garden-Kathy Martin Edible Knot Garden-Karen Atkins Vertical Vegetables-Rhonda Massingham Hart Culinary Courtyard-Rachel Mathews Concrete & Steel Garden-Laura Mathews Front-Yard Suburban Farm-Chris McLaughlin Southern Spring Garden-Dee Nash Founding Fathers Garden-Teresa O'Connor Terraced Hillside-Barbara Pleasant Edible Hedge-Charlie Nardozzi Italian Heritage Garden-Doug Oster Community Plot-Michael Nolan Edible Cutting Garden-Debra Prinzing Biodynamic Farm-Mac Mead Garlic Sampler-Liz Primeau Rooftop Farm-Colin McCrate and Hilary Dahl Gourmet Containers-Renee Shepherd and Beth Benjamin Cocktail Garden-Amy Stewart and Susan Morrison Chicago Hot-Dog Garden-Amanda Thomsen Upcycled Edible Patio-Jean Ann Van Krevelen Pallet Garden-Joe Lamp'l "Good Bug" Garden-Jessica Walliser Elizabethan Garden-Stephen Westcott-Gratton Sidebar: An Easy Way to Expand Your Existing Garden Forager's Garden-Ellen Zachos Water-Wise Herbs & More-Nan Sterman Beat the Grocery Bill-Mark Cullen Fall & Winter Vegetables-Niki Jabbour 52 Weeks of Salad-Michelle Chapman Edible School Garden-Benjamin Eichorn Backyard Brewer's-Rebecca Kneen OTTO Pizza Garden-Toby Adams and Annie Novak Year-Round Front-Yard Garden-Rebecc