Edible Landscaping

It’s pawpaw season, y’all! Swing by the nursery and getcha some, $7/lb. Reminder that our Fall Fruit Festival is next Saturday, September 7th. Orchard tours, door prizes, fruit tastings galore! It’ll be a great time, and our 20% off in-store sale runs Friday the 6th through the whole weekend. See you there!

Celeste fig, also known as the “sugar fig”. Medium sized, blushing purple fruit that are delightfully sweet when ripe. One of the most popular figs for home gardeners, with good reason! Celeste is a good option for container growing as well. We’ve got lots of Celeste and many other fig varieties in stock now, order online for shipping or pickup or stop by the nursery. Many of our stock plants in the orchard are beginning to ripen, so you may even be able to sample a few during your visit!

Crew from 2007.

There’s no better feeling than our customers sharing their backyard growing success stories with us! Louanne’s beautiful Celeste fig was purchased in a mere 4” pot, and look at it now, happy as can be in Chapel Hill, NC.

Site selection is key when growing figs, and it is clear this one has absolutely thrived thanks to a well protected planting site (and a caring owner of course). Well done, Louanne!

Always feel free to send us pictures of your happy plants!

Welcome to Edible Landscaping, watch out for the neighbors!

Our Spring Fruit Festival was a joyful success! A whole bunch of gorgeous plants found some happy homes yesterday, and we are so grateful to our incredible customers for coming out to see us. Thank you to our wonderful staff members who make it all possible. Storewide 20% off continues til 5pm today! (In store only, not online) Happy Planting everyone!

It’s our Spring Fruit Festival weekend! 20% off everything runs all weekend long, and our festival will be held on Saturday. We will have orchard tours and medicinal plant educational walks running throughout the day. Our business hours are 9-5 as usual!

Fruits are on the way!

We are open today!

Black Lace Elderberry

The fruit of the Panache fig is a real showstopper! When ripe these figs will be yellow and green striped on the outside, with bright pink/red interior. Super sweet and flavorful! Best for zones 8-10, 7 with winter protection.

We will be open normal hours (9am-5pm) Easter Sunday. The sun will be shining, the orchard looks beautiful, and the greenhouses and outdoor spaces are overflowing with plants we know you’ll love🌱 See you there!

Sharing an event from one of our friends.

Calendar | Town of Leesburg, Virginia The award-winning Leesburg Flower & Garden Festival has become an annual rite of spring for the Washington DC Metropolitan area.  Transforming the streets of historic Downtown Leesburg, the festival showcases beautiful flowers, plants and landscaping along with the best of gardening and outdoor liv...

Edible Landscaping is hiring! We have positions available in a variety of capacities from temporary/seasonal to long term/part-time/full-time. Positions will cover a range of nursery work—shipping, tree-potting, plant care and customer assistance. Most of the work is active and requires being outside, walking, and lifting (25-50lbs). Experience or an interest in gardening and edible plants is preferred but not required, we are happy to train you and most positions can be picked up quickly. Interested in joining the team? Stop by and talk to a manager during business hours (everyday 9-5pm), or email a resume to [email protected] and let us know why you’d like to work for us. We’re excited to hear from you!

Views from the nursery lately. Come on out and shop for Spring, and take a stroll through the orchard to see what’s blooming. 🌸 We’re open every day of the week, 9-5, and we WILL be open this upcoming Easter Sunday.

Newest nursery employees are busy helping fulfill your orders for Spring (and occasionally sleeping on the job).

March 9, 2024, starting about 9 am 2 sessions : Led by Dan LeFever with Barbara Rosholdt

a.m. $25 for fruit tree pruning , p.m. $25 for small fruit, vines, and bushes pruning. Both sessions: $40.

Bring your lunch, we will have free well water.

No rain date. We will cancel if it is pouring at the Domestead. Don't rely on local weather reporting. Assume we will be walking in a pasture in March - might be muddy.

Location: My orchard - 464 Rolling Path Road Louisa, VA 23093 cell: 540-521-8622

To register: email with your name and contact info, what types of fruit are you interested in seeing pruned, and which session.

morning only , afternoon only, or Both. Bring cash, no ATMs on site.

There is a space limit on this workshop, so if you have to cancel, please let us know.

Questions? please email. [email protected]

p.s. BTW: Lee Reich's book on Pruning is really good, if you would like get a reference book.

THE PRUNING WORKSHOP FOR TOMORROW HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO THE 24th OF FEBRUARY.

Walk about yesterday.

NEW SESSION ADDED! 2 - 4 pm Sat. Feb. 17!
February is fruit tree pruning time. Come learn the basics of pruning fruit trees and shrubs from Edible Landscaping’s founder Michael McConkey.
There is a 20 person maximum for this class, so sign up early.
We will provide refreshments. Bring your own gloves and pruners.
Cost is $40 per person. Prepayment is required.
Class will be held at Edible Landscaping
361 Spirit Ridge Lane Afton, Va 22920
To preregister: Call 434.361.9134 DO NOT EMAIL! Thanks
Inclement weather date Saturday February 24th

Happy Holidays everyone! 🎄

We have some Handmade Baskets from a beautiful group of women in Ghana! Two sizes and different colors! We only have a limited amount in stock, so come on up to Edible Landscaping a grab a basket or two! Maybe add in a gift certificate for a friend or loved one! (must be picked up, cannot be shipped)

Also, we have some kiwi fruit still in stock for a limited time only! They’re absolutely delicious. 🥝

Again, Happy Holidays everyone! Thank you for all of your support. ❤️🎄

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Are you looking to gift a dearly loved family member or friend a beautiful plant for the holidays? We have exactly what you’re looking for…AND MORE! 🪴🍎🍐🍊🍋🫐🍓🍒🥝🧅

We’ve got:

•Meyer Lemon •Cherry Berry Wintergreen

•Conadria Fig •Lingonberry Red Candy

•Jujube SO Contorted (also known as Dragon’s Claw)

•Carmine Jewel Bush Cherry

•Prickly Pear Cactus •Cranberries: Stevens and Ben Lear

•Franeaux Rosemary

•Feijoa Pineapple Guava

•Raritan Filbert

•Tea Camelia

•Blackberries: Prime Ark Freedom and Ouachita

•Raspberries: Crimson Night and Heritage Red Fall

•Blueberries: Powderblue, Legacy, Ochloknee, and Alapaha

And of course, we have PLENTY more for you to look at. Come see us! We’d love to see you! We’re also happy to ship anywhere in the U.S. if you can’t make it to us personally.

GREEN WEEKEND SALE!
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Friday 11/24 thru Monday 11/27
All plants will be 20% off!*
Get a jump on spring!
Order on line or by phone ONLY if you need your order shipped or want to pick up after the weekend. Don't pre-order if you are going to visit that weekend, just come shop. It is a perfect time to plant and we have hundreds of plants that are looking for a good, caring home!
ediblelandscaping.com 434-361-9134
Use code “ELGREEN” (all caps) when ordering online. 20% off plants only, not books or gift certificates. Sale is for immediate shipping or pick up the weekend of the sale, not for spring shipping. Code can be used only once per customer.

Try your luck at the Persimmon Festival! 🌈 Saturday, October 28th 9am-5pm! Hope to see you there!

Join us for a day of orchard tours, persimmon
tastings, medicinal plant walks, door prizes and nursery wide sales. All plants will be 20% off the day of the Festival. Friday and Sunday plants will be 20% off but no festival. Sale is for nursery visitors, no online orders, no pre-orders. Tour schedule to follow soon.

One of our pawpaw in the orchard. Damage is from asimina webworm. aka pyralid moth, the asimina webworm moth, Omphalocera munroei.
Information found at
http://springfieldmn.blogspot.com/2014/09/pawpaw-poacher.html

Fort Duck is born. No foxes allowed! It's not quite finished.

https://youtu.be/lyQa5fy1IfE Kiwi are growing time to review how to prune to keep you vines productive.

Hardy Kiwi, August 2009 Michael McConkey talks about the tasty Hardy Kiwi and gives a pruning demonstration and shows just what kind of growth there is to look forward to!for questi...