Oh, that is so smart! That is a way better, and easier way!
Will they be inside or outside the chicken run?
You could add greens including kale, Swiss chard, or collard greens. There are some really pretty blue, purple, red & yellow varieties (blue & red kale, purple collards, red, pink & yellow chard). They are all edible, good in shade, and will grow for a long time during cool and warm seasons (very hot could be a problem for some varieties). And my chickens enjoy them too! Cabbage would be another cool-looking landscaping veggie to add, and can be purple or green.
I had kale between the flowers lining my shady front walk this year and one of my neighbors complimented the unique looking greenery. 
Already put some in my cart!!! Great idea!!You could add greens including kale, Swiss chard, or collard greens. There are some really pretty blue, purple, red & yellow varieties (blue & red kale, purple collards, red, pink & yellow chard). They are all edible, good in shade, and will grow for a long time during cool and warm seasons (very hot could be a problem for some varieties). And my chickens enjoy them too! Cabbage would be another cool-looking landscaping veggie to add, and can be purple or green.
I would suggest lots of tall ornamental grasses, vining flowers and even fruits or vegetables (melons, squash, gourds, beans, peas, etc.) on trellises, corn, giant sunflowers, fruit bearing shrubs and bushes, and flowering shrubs and bushes.Hello! In the past, I always planted a garden, with lots of fruits veggies, and flowers! I would sow so many but every time, only a handful would survive.Maybe I am doing something wrong, I don't know. So my first question, not really as related but, if you have any tips on how to succeed at gardening, I would really appreciate it!
Secondly, my design. So all this bad gardening lead me to try something new and kind of restart. I looked at some threads and came up with an idea. I would be a garden to the side of my duck run. This would be easier, so I can go to one place for ducks and garden and it would be some treats for the ducks to eat when they are in their run. (This is because the side of the garden will also be the side of the run.) Anyways, I used this program I found to map it out. Also, I am planning on adding a bit more run space so my actual run is not as big as the one in the design. Here it is. By the way, I am still working on it.
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The fenced-looking area is my duck run. The area with the pathway is the garden. The green patch is where I want only grass. Ok, so all the white space around the paths, I want to fill up with plants! Tall, tall plants. I want it to be sort of like a maze with pretty flowers, trees, and bushes! I need help on what plants to put in there. I would also like to add a few food plants if possible!
Requirements:
1. It will be in the woods so they won't get full sunlight.
2. The plants on the outside should be taller than a human. (Not all have to be though.)
3. The plants lining the duck run should be edible to ducks but not so they will eat the whole plant. (Maybe a berry-like raspberry or blackberry.)
4. Some veggies and fruits near the grassy area.
5. No plants poisonous to ducks.
I believe that is it! Oh and also, there will be a little door from the duck run to the garden so I can open it and the ducks could forage. This means that none of the plants should be poisonous to ducks! (I added this to the requirements but left this here just for explanation.)
So, any ideas on plants to add? Thank you!
