Designing your vegetable garden - calculating sizes and yields
How large a garden should you have installed at your business? The answer depends upon a number of factors, most importantly:
- The amount of physical space you have available
- The number of employees and other people you expect will participate in the garden
- How the space will be used in addition to growing vegetables (i.e. to give tours to visitors or as an outdoor lunch and break area)
- Your budget, both for setting up the garden and maintaining it
The table below is a general guide for businesses considering how large an employee garden to install, based on the likely yield of vegetables over the course of a year.
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Garden size
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Number of 4’x10’ frames
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Total square feet of beds
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Lbs. of food produced annually
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Small Workplace Garden
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4
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160
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375
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Medium Workplace Garden
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8
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320
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750
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Corporate Garden
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12
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480
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1,125
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Large Corporate Garden
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16
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640
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1,500
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Note: Yield estimates are dependent on weather conditions and the choice of produce grown.
Free site analysis and cost estimate
If you would like to consider creating a raised bed organic garden at your place of business, give us a call at 503.684.3980 or email us. We will be happy to meet with you to answer your questions, recommend the optimal size and location for your garden, and provide you with a detailed cost estimate.
