Appetite for edible flowers blooms in Tunisia — in pictures

Dishes at a hotel in Gammarth are being decorated with colourful leaves and petals

Punnets of leaf vegetables and edible flowers in Tunisian chef Bassem Bizid's kitchen. These will be used in dishes at a luxury hotel in Gammarth, north of the capital Tunis. AFP

Chef Bassem Bizid arranges leaf vegetables and edible flowers for a dish at a luxury hotel in Gammarth, Tunisia. AFP

Chef Bassem Bizid places edible flowers on a dish. Adding fresh flowers to dishes ranging from soups to salads is a recent development in Tunisian cuisine. AFP

Organic farmer Sonia Ibidhi tends plants in a polytunnel on the farm where she produces edible flowers, at the northwestern Tunisian coastal town of Tabarka. AFP

Sonia Ibidhi, a former journalist, checks lavender plants at her farm in Tabarka. She says she became a grower 'out of love' for working on the land. AFP

Organic farmer Sonia Ibidhi checks nasturtiums on her farm. Nasturtium leaves and flowers can both be eaten. AFP

Sonia Ibidhi samples petals on her farm at Tabarka, Tunisia. She says she's been surprised at the domestic demand for her produce. AFP

Entrepreneur Sonia Ibidhi inspects plants at her farm at Tunisian coastal town Tabarka. She chose to locate the business in Tabarka due to its humid climate and abundant water supply. AFP

Sonia Ibidhi poses with pots of her nasturtiums. She says: 'I do something that I love, that is beautiful and colourful.' AFP

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