GAST 106: AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCTION
Lecture 6
12.04.2021
Spring 2021
Dr. Çağla Çavuşoğlu McKenzie
 What is an Organic Gardening?
• Avoiding pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
– Pesticides leave poisonous residue on
vegetables and in the soil, and they harm
wildlife.
– Run off from chemical fertilizers pollutes rivers,
streams, and drinking water.

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 What is Kitchen Gardening?
• The traditional kitchen garden, also known as
a potager (in French, jardin potager)
• A garden in which plants (vegetables, fruits or
herbs) for use in kitchen are cultivated
• First known use of kitchen garden in 1580
• A kitchen garden does not have to be right
outside the kitchen door, but the closer it is,
the better.

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 Why is it important to have a kitchen garden
for restaurants and hotels?
• The rise of the concept:
«farm-to-fork dining/farm-to-table
restaurant: the best restaurants that
grow their own produce»
• Consumers care more about where
their food comes from, and recently
they have expected this to extend into
the restaurants.
• Boost the quality and taste of the food
they serve.
• To be able use and present seasonal
food at its freshest, from garden to
plate in a matter of hours.
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 Why is it important to have a kitchen garden
for restaurants and hotels?
• To be able grow unusual
varieties not available in
stores.
• To control pesticides and
herbicides used on the
foods you consume
• Flexibility of being able to
pop into the garden for
pickings that suits the
creativity involved in
experimenting with new
flavours, combinations and
dishes.
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Some examples…

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 Spice and
Herb Garden/
Shangri-La’s
Rasa Sayang
Resort and
Spa/Malaysia

in the rooftop garden/

The Vancouver Club Herb and
vegetable
garden in
Palm
Beach

Chef Jamie Oliver in his a restaurant's garden in

restaurant’s garden in the UK Washington, D.C Chef
Thomas
Keller at
French
Laundry
Culinary
Garden

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in a hotel garden
• Ek Biç Ye İç -Taksim, İSTANBUL

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Advantages of having kitchen garden for
restaurants and hotels
No need to travel
long distances

Fresh and nutritious plants

No or less pesticide
residues
Outdoor exercises
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Decorative
 Kitchen garden vs shops and supermarkets
• All plants from your own garden are fresh. They
can be in the ground one minute and in the pan
the next.
• Besides, a ripe vegetable which is eaten soon
after it is harvested is going to have more
nutritional value than the one harvested unripe
and stored for days or even months before it is
consumed.
• Plants from the garden do not have to travel long
distances.
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 Kitchen garden vs shops and supermarkets
• Plants bought from supermarkets are
contaminated with a number of chemical
compounds (pesticides) but you know what
has been put on the plant in your garden.
• You get plenty of exercise and fresh air while
listening to the birds as you work. There is
also a sense of closeness to nature.
• Kitchen gardens can be decorative. Even a
simple garden with everything grown in rows
or blocks is likely to be attractive.
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 Here, magenta-
flowered chives, red
lettuce and purple
cabbage as well as
fennel and parsley
create a decorative
kitchen garden.

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 Which plant is this?

Chives burst with bright magenta edible

blossoms in the spring.
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How can you involve your guests in gardening?

Leek and potato soup and the magenta chive flowers

Tip: Put flowering purple chives in a vase and passed some
scissors and have guests snip chives into their own soup
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Keep also in mind that :
• Many herbs and vegetables can be grown in containers.
– For example, enough lettuce for a salad can be grown
in a 30 cm pot. Radishes and carrots, also grown in 30
cm containers, for spice and sweetness

• Success, however,
takes more than just a
place to grow the
plants as they need
sunlight, water, air, soil,
fertilizer, and care.
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 What to consider for designing a
kitchen garden…
• Location

• Soil types

• What type of garden

• Types of crops
• Weed Control
• Pest Control
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 Location
• Near water supply for easy access.

• Full sun (at least 6-8 hours of direct sun light)-

some plants will grow in shady areas (leafy
greens, pumpkins).

• Away from trees- rob nutrients/water from

veggies/herbs.

• Flat land to prevent runoff and erosion

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 Soil Types
• Best garden soil is loam= equal amount of
sand, silt, and clay.
• Good drainage so oxygen is available for roots.
• Organic matter to hold moisture and provide
plants with nutrients.

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What type of garden?
Container gardens, raised beds and traditional rows

• Container gardens Many vegetables can be grown in

containers that are deep enough to support their root
systems. Containers may range from as small as a 30 cm pot
to a half of a barrel.
• Containers require more frequent
irrigation than gardens, especially
as the plants grow and require
more water.

• A drip irrigation system connected

to a timer is a great addition to a
container garden.
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• Raised beds A variety of materials
can be used to construct raised beds,
but do not use materials that might
leach chemicals into the soil.
• Soil in raised beds will heat up
more quickly in the spring and
stay warm longer into the fall.

• Plants in raised beds will

require more frequent
irrigation than those in an
in-ground garden.
• When planned and planted
properly, one 1.5 m by 2 m
raised bed may supply a
good portion of the
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produce for one or two
people.
• In-ground gardens Larger areas allow gardeners
to choose traditional row gardening or gardening
in beds.

• Using beds allows for several rows to be

planted closer together

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