The naturalistic style of chaos gardening lends itself to a more relaxed approach where it's fine to mix ornamental edible plants in with flowers. In fact, it's actively encouraged to get the most out of your planting space by tapping into this mutually beneficial relationship.
The chaos gardening trend takes inspiration from some of the best informal garden designs, including cottage garden ideas, where flowers, herbs and vegetables happily mingle in a carefree way and are free to self-seed and spread around. Out goes planting in neat rows, replaced by a rewilding style approach that's good for biodiversity too.
