Grow and Eat Delicious and Beautiful Edible Flowers

In the next issue of Permaculture magazine (PM88), organic and no dig gardener, Stephanie Hafferty, explains how easy it is to grow edible flowers that are healthy for both you and your garden. She also shares her favourite recipes, from 

Below are some of her beautiful photographs showing edible flowers that you can grow at home.

Borage (Borage officinalis) - annual - tastes like cucumber

Borage (Borage officinalis)

Nasturtium (Nasturtium) - peppery flavour

Peas (Pisum sativum) - slightly sweet flavour

Marigolds / calendula (Calendula officinalis) - tangy, citrus taste

Roses (Rosa) - sweet and fragrant

Wasabi rocket - spicy

Viola/heartease (Viola/Viola tricolor) - tastes a little like lettuce

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) - intense and sweet

Courgette flowers (Curcubita) - sweet and nutty

Sage (Salvia officinalis) - strong and savoury

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) - light and spicy

Stephanie Hafferty is an organic no dig gardener, writer and teacher. She lives as self sufficiently as possible growing food on her allotment and in the gardens of her ex-council house, where she lives with her teenage kids. She also helps Charles Dowding at Homeacres.
http://stephaniehafferty.co.uk

Stephanie Hafferty's new book, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, co-authored with Charles Dowding, is out in now. It is available from here: http://www.green-shopping.co.uk/no-dig-organic-home-garden.html