A potager is a kitchen garden laid out to look good as well as feed you, with vegetables, herbs and flowers mixed together in neat beds. This one has four 4 × 4 ft (1.2 × 1.2 m) beds around a cross of paths.
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1.2 × 1.2 m (4 × 4 ft), 16 squares
Give this bed the sunniest corner. Basil and marigolds fill the gaps under the tomatoes, and parsley and chives make a low edge.
| Crop | Squares | Plants |
|---|---|---|
| Tomato | 4 | 4 |
| Basil | 3 | 12 |
| French marigold | 2 | 8 |
| Sweet pepper (bell pepper) | 2 | 2 |
| Chilli (chili pepper) | 2 | 2 |
| Parsley | 2 | 8 |
| Chives | 1 | 4 |
1.2 × 1.2 m (4 × 4 ft), 16 squares
Runner beans on a row of canes at the back, with sweetcorn and a courgette in front, and nasturtiums and calendula spilling over the edge.
| Crop | Squares | Plants |
|---|---|---|
| Runner bean | 4 | 16 |
| Courgette (zucchini) | 4 | 1 |
| Sweetcorn | 4 | 16 |
| Nasturtium | 2 | 2 |
| Calendula | 2 | 2 |
1.2 × 1.2 m (4 × 4 ft), 16 squares
You'll pick from this bed most days, so put it nearest the kitchen door. Chives at the corners keep the edge neat.
| Crop | Squares | Plants |
|---|---|---|
| Lettuce | 4 | 16 |
| Salad leaves (salad mix) | 2 | 32 |
| Chard | 2 | 8 |
| Spinach | 2 | 18 |
| Radish | 1 | 16 |
| Spring onion (scallion) | 1 | 16 |
| Rocket (arugula) | 2 | 8 |
| Chives | 2 | 8 |
1.2 × 1.2 m (4 × 4 ft), 16 squares
Carrots, onions, beetroot and leeks, with thyme and parsley in front and a row of flowers along the path.
| Crop | Squares | Plants |
|---|---|---|
| Carrot | 2 | 32 |
| Onion | 2 | 32 |
| Beetroot (beet) | 2 | 18 |
| Leek | 2 | 18 |
| Thyme | 2 | 8 |
| Parsley | 2 | 8 |
| Calendula | 2 | 2 |
| French marigold | 2 | 8 |
For more on mixing flowers and vegetables, see the companion planting guide.
A French-style kitchen garden where vegetables, herbs, fruit and flowers grow together in neat, often geometric, beds. It's meant to look good as well as crop well.
It can be small. Four 4 × 4 ft beds with paths between them fit in about 3 × 3 m (10 × 10 ft).
Any garden that grows food for the house is a kitchen garden. A potager is a kind of kitchen garden laid out to be decorative too.
VegLog keeps every bed you plan, tells you what to sow each week for your frost dates, and keeps a record of your harvests. Free for your first growing space.
