Un jardín o huerto de vegetales es una siembra de reducidas dimensiones y de cultivo intensivo con la finalidad de cosechar parcial o totalmente los vegetales de consumo en el hogar que suelen obtenerse para el consumo familiar tanto en forma directa (vegetales frescos) como indirecta (vegetales procesados, almacenados, envasados, etc.), aunque sea a una escala doméstica, de pequeño tamaño. Se trata así de un pequeño huerto que suple una proporción mayor o menor, según su tamaño y otras características, de las necesidades familiares en cuanto a alimentos vegetales se refiere.

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The traditional kitchen garden, also known as a potager (in French, jardin potager) or in Scotland a kailyaird, is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas. Most vegetable gardens are still miniature versions of old family farm plots, but the kitchen garden is different not only in its history, but also its design. The kitchen garden may serve as the central feature of an ornamental, all-season landscape, or it may be little more than a humble vegetable plot. It is a source of herbs, vegetables and fruits, but it is often also a structured garden space with a design based on repetitive geometric patterns. The kitchen garden has year-round visual appeal and can incorporate permanent perennials or woody shrub plantings around (or among) the annuals.

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