Edimentals as a beautiful, low-effort way to grow food
New book - out 26 May 2026
Discover edimentals - plants that are both beautiful and edible. A new approach to grow-your-own gardening that combines design, ecology and flavour.
'One of our most exciting young designers.'
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Amazon CanadaThe first book to focus on a style of edible gardening that is lower in effort, higher in style and less demanding of space than the traditional kitchen garden or vegetable plot.
Eat Your Garden is a grow-your-own book with a difference. Its focus is on edimentals - plants that are both edible and ornamental, offering a sustainable and beautiful way to grow food in any space, from large gardens to urban balconies and containers.
Harry introduces the huge range of plants available, from the familiar to the lesser known, guiding you on how to plan and design planting schemes that consider form, layers, colour and texture - and that are good to eat, good for biodiversity and good for your health.
The book also features twelve illuminating case studies from leading voices in edible gardening - from Sir Tim Smit (Eden Project co-founder) to Charles Dowding (No Dig pioneer) and Ben Falk (permaculture designer) - alongside Harry's own award-winning RHS Chelsea show gardens.
'Eat Your Garden is a joy that will become a well-thumbed entry in the classics. Harry Holding has produced a feast of a book.'
Sir Tim Smit
Co-founder, Lost Gardens of Heligan & Eden Project
'A feast of invaluable information and a truly inspirational book, coming from a lifetime of curiosity and practical experience.'
Darina Allen
Founder of Ballymaloe Cookery School
'Eat Your Garden describes how to grow food in an ornamental garden without losing ornamental as a quality. Let Harry guide you to see the amazing possibilities.'
Charles Dowding
No Dig Pioneer & Author
'Harry proves just how imaginative and elegant an edible landscape can be. A book we edible gardeners have been yearning for.'
August Bernstein
Head of Raymond Blanc Gardening School, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons
'Here is a book that is actually needed - spanning the gap between landscaping and food production in an accessible, beautiful layout you can put to use.'
Ben Falk
Permaculture Designer & Author of The Resilient Farm and Homestead
'Harry's book offers a clear, practical roadmap for creating edible, beautiful and ecologically informed plantings. A must-read for anyone interested in ecologically rich edible gardens.'
Sid Hill
Award-winning ecological gardener and designer
Learn what makes a plant both beautiful and edible, and how to choose species that work in your space, soil and style.
Explore how to plan and design with edimentals - considering shape, colour, structure and year-round interest.
From containers to meadows, courtyards to larger rural plots, find strategies to grow food wherever you are.
Discover how to harvest and use edimentals - whether for teas, salads, ferments or foraged flavour accents.
Visit food forests, edible meadows, market gardens and RHS Chelsea show gardens to see edimentals in action.
Follow an approach grounded in biodiversity, perennial planting and practical permaculture principles.
How to grow edible plants without sacrificing beauty or structure
What edimentals are - and how they work in any garden
How to design resilient planting schemes using ecological principles
How to plan and layer plants for form, colour, texture and harvest
Simple ways to integrate food growing into any outdoor space
How to harvest, prepare and use unusual edibles with confidence
Ideas to support biodiversity, pollinators and seasonal interest
Gardeners who want to grow food in a more integrated, naturalistic way
Designers looking to introduce edible species without compromising aesthetics
People with limited time, space or experience seeking lower-effort growing
Cooks, foragers and plant lovers eager to explore new flavours and forms
Anyone curious about a more beautiful, biodiverse approach to edible gardening
Harry is available for book talks, interviews, podcast appearances, workshops and press enquiries around the launch of Eat Your Garden.
For speaking engagements, media requests, and event collaborations, please get in touch.
