About this title: Preface by Fritz Haeg. Texts by Fritz Haeg, Diana Balmori, Rosalind Creasy, Michael Pollan, Lesley Stern, Michelle Christman, Stan Cox, Michael Foti.
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Description: Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Manifesto callout, special treatment: Edible Estates is an attack on the front lawn and everything it has come to represent! Edible Estates is an ongoing series of projects to replace the front lawn with edible garden landscapes responsive to culture, climate, context and people! Edible Estates reconciles issues of global food production and ... read more
Description: Manifesto callout, special treatment: Edible Estates is an attack on the front lawn and everything it has come to represent! Edible Estates is an ongoing series of projects to replace the front lawn with edible garden landscapes responsive to culture, climate, context and people! Edible Estates reconciles issues of global food production and urbanized land use with the modest gesture of a small domestic garden! Edible Estates is a practical food-producing initiative, a place-responsive ... read more
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"This book had some good ideas in it and the essays I read were interesting. Not interesting enough to read them all, but still. The pictures are good."
"The author of this book picks a property in several different regions of the country and transforms the lawn into an edible garden in one weekend with the help of volunteers. Most of the stories are told from the point of view of the homeowners and there are lots of pictures. Gave me some good ideas!"
"I've never really thought much of lawns except that I think front lawns are a waste of space since no one ever really does much in them. After a casual discussion about front lawns, this book ended up in my hands. It's a quick read and details the history of the lawn, the water waste & chemical pollution that lawn care brings. Its manifesto is to tear up your lawn and build an edible garden. It's a political book that started off as an art project and it wants to cause action and attention. I live in urban Vancouver where so many lawns are gardens and not really a new idea, however I'm sure in the suburbs this might be radical thinking. What is really amazing is just how much vegetables one can harvest from such a small space. The book is nicely designed and definitely something to think about."
"I was really excited about this book, and it was kind of a let-down. There's a passably good history of lawns, and several essays with reasons to get rid of your lawn & plant some food (including a piece from heavy-hitting michael pollan). This stuff was all a little redundant, but good for inspiration. There are profiles of four yards-turned-edible estates, but the profiles vary widely in quality. I prefer the profiles that read like journal entries, with coordinating series of pictures that illustrate how the lawn became a garden.
So, the intentions were good, the execution was slick. It is art/performance reported out in book form, not gardening handbook. I've been reading so many books on the same subjects lately, so this tiny little book didn't bring anything new to the table. If you were trying to illustrate your garden aspirations to a curious person, or if you needed some motivation to even consider gardening your yard, this would be a good starting point."
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