The garden also serves as a place to educate children on where their food comes from and learn to love all types of vegetables, says John.
Grow Food, Not Lawns Ogden Group Foodscapes Yards Into Edible Gardens By Claire McArthur
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with the goal of helping other Ogden
nuts on the quarter-acre lot their house sits
homeowners transform their lawns and
on in Ogden — enough so that their family
other underutilized spaces into abundant
of four only had to buy one bag of carrots
edible gardens. But the journey for the
the entire season.
Trimbles began back at a small community
ast year, John and Holly Trimble grew 1,200 pounds of fruits, vegetables, and
With more than 30 fruit and nut trees,
Foodscaping Utah formed in 2018
plot at an apartment complex where
garden beds and space-saving techniques
John, who’d never enjoyed the taste of
like arbors heaped with squash and other
fresh vegetables, and Holly grew their
climbing plants, the Trimble’s front and
very first garden. After that first taste of
back yards are a shining example of
a homegrown tomato, they never looked
the “foodscaping” movement they are
back.
working to spread through their nonprofit organization.
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After moving to Ogden and purchasing a home, John became a Master Gardener
