The victory garden was started during world war I and world war II in an effort to boost vegetable, fruit and herb production in the U.S as well as to boost morale of those left behind during the war effort.
A modern take on the victory garden is taking hold in the U.S and especially here in the Pacific Northwest.
A few great examples of plantings that are both edible and beautiful serving dual purposes as ornamental plantings as well as helping to feed your family and communities are Rosemary. Not only is rosemary a beautiful plant to add to your garden but it makes a lovely hedging plant with woody stems that withstands the rain and occasional snows here in the Portland area. Rosemary can be added as herb straight off the plant to enhance your BBQing and also infused in vinegars and oils as well as baked into breads or used in canning pickled vegetables.
Strawberries are another common N.W plant that are both attractive and useful in the landscape. Strawberries can be used as a hardy ground cover providing both an attractive alternative to Ornamental plantings, bark dust or gravel. Strawberries have a multitude of uses from jam to pies to just eating off the vine!
Grapes are another N.W favorite. Both our N.W. weather and soils contribute to robust crops in our area. Grapes look beautiful cascading over an arbor or as a focal point in any garden. There are many varieties that do well in our area. Wine or juice, a fine table grape is great to munch in your picnic lunch!
The Huckleberry is a dense, woody, slow-growing shrub that has attractive copper–colored new growth and delicious blue/purple berries. The berries are generally harvested in late summer or early fall. These hardy plants not only look nice in your yard but offer berries that make fantastic tart-sweet jams, jellies, syrups and pies! They grown well in our slightly acidic soils and cool damp weather.
The Blueberry is another common plant for the N.W. but it is not often seen in the front yards of our homes which is unfortunate because in addition to being delicious, blueberry plants make a fantastic hedge! The blueberry is also amenable to being trained onto trellises or over arbors as well as being an attractive landscape plant in its own right. 
Blueberries are used in everything from Pies to jams and jellies to juices, salads, smoothies and even atop your N.W. Chinook salmon with a butter demi-glaze!
Lavender is another of herb plants that are often added to our summer garden patch but not thought of as landscape worthy… When used in mass planting lavender gives the eye a stunning display of dark violet to lighter purple blooms. Exstreamely hardy, the lavender plant can be trimmed into shapes or used as an attractive hedge as alternative to traditional wood fencing.
Fruit trees have been used for years as a addition to your families food budget but did you know that there are many new cultivars and grafted varieties! This apple tree boasts 6 different varieties all on the same tree! These trees are often dwarf in habit making them easier to incorporate into your landscape or as in this case espaliered to grow against a fence, a wall of your home or a trellis. Apple trees provide much needed summer time shade, have beautiful spring blooms and gorgeous fall colors in addition to boasting a delicious, multi-use fruit!
There are many other plants that can be used in the kitchen as well as the garden, the only limit to creating your own pantry in the landscape is your imagination!