Building a 30-Foot Living Sunflower Guild 🌻 | Permaculture Pollinator Strip
Description:
In this episode of Edible Trails Garden, I transform a 1-foot-wide, 30-foot-long strip into a layered sunflower guild filled with bush beans, basil, lemon balm, zinnias, marigolds, dill, daikon, alyssum, and pigeon pea.
This isn’t just companion planting — it’s stacked ecological design.
🌻 Vertical structure
🌱 Nitrogen fixation
🐝 Pollinator habitat
🌿 Medicinal herbs
🥕 Soil building roots
Small spaces can create powerful systems.
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This sunflower guild came together with a mix of pollinator plants, nitrogen fixers, and pest control allies 🌻
I’d love your input:
👉 What would YOU add or swap in this guild?
👉 Have you tried pigeon pea or nasturtium with sunflowers before?
I’ll be testing and updating this as it grows—so drop your ideas and I might try them in the next version
I am LITERALLY planting a 1' wide stretch along my fence this summer. Your video couldn't have come at a better time. Thank you so very much for sharing!!