Edible Entrance @ Telegraph Hill Olivery

10 January 2012

Edible Entrance @ Telegraph Hill Olivery

Telegraph Hill have revamped their Howard street entranceway with plantings of colourful edible plants.

“We did this to make it look nicer then challenged ourselves to see if it could be done with edible plants, the result is stunning” says Geoff Crawford owner of Telegraph Hill. “We’ve planted summer vegetables, lettuces and tomatoes, as well as edible flowers – nasturtiums, borage (for the honey bees), calendula, pineapple sage, herbs and lavender.”

The calendula are providing plenty of colour, and the borage have very leafy green foliage giving bulk to the entranceway. A green fingered staff member - Morag Black - is a keen gardener at home; she has planned and planted this edible entranceway.

The edible entrance is another talking point for visitors to the Olivery, as they taste the olives and other products in the tasting room, or picnic in the grove. Morag runs the shop and is always happy to share the plant names with visitors. It’s information worth knowing as an edible garden saves on groceries and can look good too!

The regular rain this summer has been great for growth of the edible entrance; these plants have been in the ground six weeks and have blossomed already.

“Being a rural location there is a downside - it’s a race for the rabbits and us to see who can eat the garden first” says Geoff Crawford. “Fortunately the rabbits are digging for the roots and we are eating the leaves, so we are in balance with nature!”

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