A whole-garden approach for the Victory Garden

A whole-garden approach for the Victory Garden

A Southeast Alaska garden does its best work when it is designed as a set of connected systems rather than a single plot of vegetables. Our climate — cool, wet, and long on daylight — is generous in some ways and challenging in others.  A healthy garden here tends to be one that works with those conditions instead of fighting them. The Victory Garden plan is built around four interconnected pieces: a water feature that doubles as pest control, a…