Zahra Taheri - M. Sc. student (Department of Environmental Design, Faculty of Environment, Azad University of Science and Research, Tehran, Iran)
Reza fatahi - Professor (Department of Horticulture Science and landscape, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran)
Yousef Hakimi - M. Sc. Graduate (Department of Horticulture Science and landscape, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Mohsen Kafi - Professor (Department of Horticulture Science and landscape, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran)

Urban Horticulture is simply a way of using veggies, herbs, fruits, and flowers that will perform multiple functions, such as food, flavor, and ornamental appearance. Urban agriculture represents an opportunity to improve food supply, health conditions, local economy, social integration, and environmental sustainability. Edible landscaping offers an alternative to conventional landscapes producing vegetables, fruits, and herbs for home use. Edibles can be independently grown or blended with ornamentals into existing yards and gardens into aesthetically pleasing designs. Many edibles function in the landscape in just a perfect way, i.e., date palm is extensively used in the landscape as a major tree, rosemary that is used as a spice is suitable for low-growing perennial hedge, and purple basil is the perfect alternative for dark-leaved annuals for pots. The need for edible landscaping is gaining more interest due to the increasing population and spreading of urban communities worldwide. It functions many goals, leading us to explain the benefits and methods of applying edible ornamentals or, as preferred to be titled as edible landscaping. Finally, from an environmental perspective, urban horticulture can directly reduce the city footprint since it reduces the impact associated with food transport, but also by improving the resource efficiency of the urban ecosystem (e.g., when organic wastes are composted, or rainwater is collected), or mitigating the urban heat island effect through plant transpiration, resulting in a reduction of the city emissions of carbon dioxide.

Edible landscaping; Edible ornamentals; Edible landscape designs; Vegetable gardens