Edible and Mediterranean Gardens by Shirley Bovshow

This is my dry, hummingbird garden in Los Angeles.  I grow succulents, mediterranean plants, natives and 50% of my garden is edible! Walk and eat through the garden of eden!!

This is the view that I look out to every morning from my bedroom. The hummingbirds put on quite a show as they chase each other and finally land on the columns.

This is one of the edible gardens that I design and maintain for clients. This garden belongs to a professional chef and she loves to use the fresh vegetables, herbs and fruit from her garden.

This is a Literacy garden I created for an elementary school. It includes a mounded, red fescue lawn where the kids sit and read and features ornamental grasses and a colbalt blue river made from recycled, tumbled glass.  Hopefully, the garden transports them to a place where all dreams are possible!

I rely on easy care, low water plants to put on a show in my garden.  I'm a professional garden designer and garden coach and  I don't have much time to fuss over my own garden. My plants were carefully selected for their low maintenance qualities.