Traditional Garden

Figure 1. Traditional Garden.

Source: Wix (n.d.).

What is a Traditional Garden

A traditional garden is the kind of garden most people have in their back yards. A lot of community gardens choose the traditional garden because it is traditional. People are used to working with this kind of garden. Vegetables are planted in rows in either raised garden beds or straight in the ground. They tend towards having reticulation to water and shade-cloth to protect from the elements. These sorts of gardens require care and maintenance to ensure the soil remains healthy.

An advantage of the traditional garden is it may be more accessible to people with mobility challenges when people use raised beds to cultivate. Another advantage is that soil tends toward health when crops are planted in the ground, being a full part of the ecosystem rather than separate. A final advantage is that crops are planted in rows and organised. This allows better monitoring of crops. If one uses a traditional garden as a community garden, it's important to rotate the crops as vegetables leach nutrients from the soil at different rates. Some crops may replenish the soil and other act as pesticides. When thought is used to place the crops, it is possible to plants vegetables that work together rather than against each other for maximum benefit.

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Wix. n.d. Figure 1. Traditional Garden.

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