Joyous garden mash-up

WHEN it comes to growing vegetables, the image conjured is one of straight-row functionality and a garden where productivity takes pride over prettiness.

I personally find that straight rows hold their own alluring charm, but since discovering Joy Larkcom’s brilliant book, Creative Vegetable Gardening, even a stalwart straight-line gardener like myself has been lured into the magic methods of creative vegetable growing.

Like Joy, I am now of the firm belief that every kitchen garden has the potential to be pretty and productive all year round.