Vegetable Production
A long production row planned for succession, structured by bamboo, and managed from spring through fall.
- Matthew's role
- Student grower responsible for an individual plot
- Place
- Longwood Gardens
- Period
- February–Fall 2025
- Plot
- 55 by 4 feet
A vegetable production row through one growing season
Matthew planned and managed a 55-by-4-foot production row through the 2025 growing season. He planted crops, replaced finished plantings, maintained and supported the garden, and harvested through the season.
He built three bamboo supports for rattlesnake beans and red Chinese yardlong beans in summer. Crops harvested from the class gardens went to Longwood’s flagship 1906 restaurant to be made into meals.
Structure and harvest
The row combined early greens, summer vegetables, and climbing crops. Red Chinese yardlong beans were a favorite for both their color and their harvest.
Structure
Bamboo supports and planted rows
Matthew built three bamboo supports for rattlesnake beans and red Chinese yardlong beans in the summer season.
Harvest
Produce from the garden
Crops were harvested as they matured while other plants continued growing in the row.Crop care and harvest
Starting in late February 2025, he sowed and transplanted crops, replaced spent plantings, and cared for successive crops through fall.
A full season in one row
Crops harvested from the class gardens supplied Longwood’s flagship 1906 restaurant, where they were prepared as meals.
Credits and collaborators
- Made with
- Longwood Gardens staff, advising and instruction