What Is a Lasagna Garden

Sheet composting—also referred to as lasagna gardening—is an age-old technique often used to enlarge a perennial border or convert part of a lawn into a vegetable patch. In urban gardens faced with poor or contaminated soil, it’s also a great way to fill a raised bed with a healthy growing medium for edibles.

Can you plant immediately in a lasagna garden?

You can plant immediately. Plant transplants in your lasagna garden as you normally would. For seeds, sprinkle compost or potting mix on top of the beds and plant. As you can see we had a productive garden our first season.

What are the benefits of lasagna gardening?

Since the layers of a lasagna garden are built on top of existing soil, both the process of creating and maintaining the garden are simplified because sod does not have to be removed, the raised area tends to have less weed encroachment, nutrients last the entire season, and spring and fall cleanups are minimized.