Users’ Opinions on the Use of Drinkable Plants in the Plant Design of Residential Gardens: A Case of Izmir Province, Turkey

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to determine the opinions of the users and to develop suggestions about drinkable landscape design in order to create a new landscape approach for drinkable landscape design with the use of plants that can be evaluated as herbal tea in residential gardens. In this direction, a survey study was carried out on 182 users with a residential garden in 11 districts of Izmir Province. In the study, residents stated that the time they spend in the gardens will increase, by accepting the use of drinkable plant species in the residential garden, as a result of the accomplishment of drinkable landscape designs and they can easily consume these products from their gardens compared to branded products. According to all the findings obtained; it was concluded that the drinkable landscape design approach would constitute a new alternative to the edible landscape concept.

Keywords

• drinkable plants
• drinkable landscape
• residential gardens
• medical and aromatic plants
• edible landscape