KPB Office Garden

Edible Pickens at

the KPB Office

The space around our office at the south end of Main Street in Jasper is growing! Next time you’re on our end of town, be sure to stop by and check it out. We are constantly adding to our gardens, so check back regularly to see how they’re growing!

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Photos are in reverse order with the most recent first so you can see the garden today. Be sure to scroll down to see how it’s grown!

KPB office garden — The plants we selected for this space are intentional, and as a result, successful with little maintenance. Pollinators love it, and it’s such an improvement over the mess that was here last summer!

lavender, chives, lemon thyme, creeping thyme — The lavender will fill in the space in the coming year and the thyme – creeping thyme and lemon thyme – will fill in as ground cover. The chives will soon bloom with beautiful purple flowers.

rosemary, marigolds, creeping thyme — The marigolds, rosemary, and creeping thyme will keep filling in this space, effectively choking out any unwanted grass and weeds.

chives, basil, sage, creeping thyme — The basil, sage, and chives are lovin’ it! This sage was the saddest little plant – we didn’t think it was going to make it. We were so wrong! It’s gorgeous!

chives, creeping thyme, basil, and sage — And to think that one year ago, this space was just weeds and grass. Now it’s filled with so many herbs and edible flowers. Here is some basil, creeping thyme, sage, and chives.

KPB office garden — Happy, vibrant, pollinator friendly, and delicious! lavender, marigolds, rosemary, Dinosaur kale, and more!

KPB office garden — It’s so fun to see how quickly it’s filled in. They’re definitely the right plants for the right spot! lavender, marigolds, rosemary, Dinosaur kale, and more!

oregano, sage, kale, and marigolds — The herbs have grown wild! They’re so happy! oregano, lavender, Dinosaur kale, and marigolds

KPB office garden — Our office garden is amazing! Plants in this photo include creeping thyme, lemon thyme, lavender, chives, marigolds, and rosemary.

kale, lavender, rosemary, and thyme — The Red Russian kale is huge and beautiful! Check out the lavender, creeping thyme, marigolds, and rosemary in the background – so full and happy!

oregano, rosemary, and cilantro — The cilantro and another variety of oregano are in bloom. The blooms will make our seeds for next season’s plants. 🙂

oregano — A gorgeous oregano bloom.

oregano, marigolds, and lavender — The oregano, lavender, and marigolds are so colorful!

KPB office garden — Our office garden has grown so much in one year! The goal is for the thymes to completely cover the space with the taller herbs growing through…. it’ll be there soon! cilantro, oregano, basil, creeping thyme, chives, and so much more!

lavender and kale — The lavender and Dinosaur kale are growing larger than we ever imagined!

oregano and lavender — The oregano is as tall as the fence and the lavender smells amazing!

rosemary and lemon thyme — Our mama rosemary is more than 6′ in diameter and the lemon thyme is blooming.

lavender and kale — The lavender is blooming and the Dinosaur kale is getting so tall!

cilantro, oregano, and rosemary — The cilantro and oregano are taking off!

kale and lavender — kale and lavender – so happy!

creeping thyme, marigolds, and rosemary — The garden is getting so full! Check out this creeping thyme, marigolds, and rosemary.

lemon thyme — In less than one year, the garden is looking amazing! Check out the lemon thyme and lavender!

sage — sage and calendula

lavender — The lavender smells so nice!

nasturtiums — The nasturtium blooms and leaves are delicious! Peppery!

nasturtiums — The nasturtiums love their window boxes!

lemon thyme — The lemon thyme blooms are beautiful!

chives, basil, and sage — The chives, basil, and sage are filling in.

cilantro — The cilantro is so happy!

lavender and kale — The lavender and Dinosaur kale are huge!

oregano and lavender — The oregano is gigantic!

nasturtiums — The nasturtiums are full and blooming!

calendula — A little pollinator on a calendula flower.

calendula — The calendula has started to bloom.

sage — This is the happiest sage!!

lavender — The lavender blooms are amazing!

lavender kale and thyme — The lavender, Dinosaur kale, and German thyme are super happy!

lavender — The lavender is blooming

sage — The sage seems to be growing daily!

KPB office garden — The garden on the other side of the office is growing! The parsley and the sage are so happy!

cilantro and mache — Cilantro and mache sprouts are happy!

chives — The chives are on their way!

kale and lavender — The Red Russian kale and the lavender have taken off!

creeping thyme — The creeping thyme is definitely creeping!

KPB office garden — The garden is filling in!

nasturtiums — The nasturtiums are growing!

basil — Baby basil

lavender — The lavender is super happy!

baby basil — In less than one week, the basil is already sprouting! We can’t wait to watch it grow!

thyme and chives — Here’s a baby lemon thyme and seeded cilantro, chives, and basil.

Edible Jasper is Growing — What an improvement! The new rosemary and lavender plants will fill in during the next few years. As summer cools, we will continue adding new edibles to grow a delicious, aromatic garden on our corner of Main Street!

more plants — We added some more herbs to the KPB office garden – german thyme and lemon thyme plants. We also seeded cilantro, chives, and basil, with more to come!

rosemary and lavender — We added another rosemary (close) and a second lavender (middle) between the corner and the large rosemary (back).

rosemary and lavender — Check out the baby lavender plant in front of the rosemary!

rosemary and oregano — When the rosemary was planted several years ago, we also planted oregano. Some of it has survived! This demonstrates the benefits of sustainable plant selection.

ready for plants — The new topsoil has been spread! We added some marble stepping stones to encourage walking through the garden, and edging to help control the storm water.

soil is being spread — New topsoil spread on half of the expanded garden space.

soil to spread — Thank you SouthScape for donating our needed soil! Now to start spreading it!

the soil gets dumped — SouthScape delivers the new topsoil for the expanded KPB garden.

Southscape delivers soil — SouthScape generously donated topsoil to help improve the garden space. (They carefully adjusted the truck to avoid our delicate fence.)

the grass is removed — The KPB office after all the grass has been removed! It’s already looking better!!

as the grass is removed — The KPB office as the grass is being removed.

before the grass was removed — The Keep Pickens Beautiful office before we removed the grass. Check out the gigantic rosemary we planted a few years ago!

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