Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn
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Preface: Fritz HaegContributor: Diana Balmori
Contributor: Rosalind Creasy
Contributor: Michael Pollan
Contributor: Lesley Stern
Contributor: Michelle Christman
Contributor: Stan Cox
Contributor: Michael Foti
Edition: Paperback
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2008-02-01
ISBN: 1933045744
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Metropolis Books
Book Reviews of Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn
Book Review: no pretty pictures
Summary: 1 Stars
have to agree with "wendycat". all of the photos i have seen of the edible estates are not very pretty, no offense to anyone but some are even somewhat hideous for a front yard garden. anyways, i've read the author has moved on to something else - animal estates....
Summary of Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn
The Edible Estates project proposes the replacement of the domestic front lawn with a highly productive edible landscape. It was initiated by architect and artist Fritz Haeg on Independence Day, 2005, with the planting of the first regional prototype garden in the geographic center of the United States, Salina, Kansas. Since then three more prototype gardens have been created, in Lakewood, California; Maplewood, New Jersey and London, England. Edible Estates regional prototype gardens will ultimately be established in nine cities across the United States.Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn documents the first four gardens with personal accounts written by the owners, garden plans and photographs illustrating the creation of the gardens--from ripping up the grass to harvesting a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and herbs. Essays by Haeg, landscape architect Diana Balmori, garden and food writer Rosalind Creasy, author Michael Pollan and artist and writer Lesley Stern set the Edible Estates project in the context of larger issues concerning the environment, global food production and the imperative to generate a sense of community in our urban and suburban neighborhoods. This smart, affordable and well-designed book also includes reports and photographs from the owners of other edible front yards around the country, as well as helpful resources to guide you in making your own Edible Estate.
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