Just today I propagated comfrey around a raised bed for much the same reasons.
My raised beds are filled with half composted materials, and the comfrey is there to capture and cycle nutrients.
I put beds like this next to every tree I'm trying to feed.
Its a way to create a reservoir of nutrients and moisture.
A circle of elderberry live stakes could be interwoven with vines and the resulting enclosure filled with compostable material.
This is a version of a willow poop beast, one that skips the poop and grows edible plants
Figs are supposed to do well in these circumstances, according to this thread:
https://permies.com/t/46085/composting/Growing-compost-pile
Of course, squash is notorious for loving unfinished compost, but that same thread mentions tomatoes.
I've seen grass fed corn do quite well, so that's another possibility.