EDIBLE ESTATES Goes to Print!
Posted By Alexandra Kain On May 10, 2008 @ 11:00 am In Botanical,Design for Health,Gardening | 1 Comment
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Fritz Haeg [5] has been turning American lawns into life-giving, sustainable gardens from coast to coast with his project Edible Estates [6]. We’ve been following these lawn-eating transformations for quite some time, so we are beyond excited to see the book Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn [7] go to print. This read is filled with commentary and projects from some of todays most innovative thinkers including Haeg [8], Diana Balmori [9], Rosalind Creasy [10], and Michael Pollan [11].
The Edible Estates [6] project relies on the generous and ongoing support of art, gardening, and landscaping organizations, volunteers, and homeowners. The project is not meant to transform each lawn into a garden, but to open us up to the possibilities of self-sustenance, organic growth, and perpetual change.
Haeg’s initiative is a much needed counter activism to some frightening statistics about lawns. His own research [12] points out that North Americans devote 40,000 square miles to lawns, more that we use for wheat, corn, or tobacco. And, also that Americans spend $750 million dollars a year on grass seed alone while only 1-2% of America’s food is locally grown – 6-12% of every dollar’s worth of food consumed at home comes from transportation costs.
You can check out all of the edible estates in-depth at Haeg’s website, including the regional prototype garden #6: Baltimore, Maryland. Commissioned by the Contemporary Museum of Baltimore [13] this Edible Estate was set to be planted April 12-14. And, you can also check out instructions [14] on how to build your very own Edible Estate.
Fritz Haeg is at BKLYN Designs today, reading his essay “Full Frontal Gardening”
+ Fritz Haeg Edible Estates [6]
+ Fritz Haeg at BKLYN Designs [15]
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[5] Fritz Haeg: http://www.fritzhaeg.com/
[6] Edible Estates: http://www.fritzhaeg.com/garden/initiatives/edibleestates/main.html
[7] Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn: http://www.amazon.com/Edible-Estates-Attack-Front-Lawn/dp/1933045744/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207927782&sr=8-1
[8] Haeg: http://www.executiverestaurant.com/
[9] Diana Balmori: http://www.balmori.com/#
[10] Rosalind Creasy: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Rosalind%20Creasy
[11] Michael Pollan: http://www.michaelpollan.com/
[12] own research: http://www.fritzhaeg.com/garden/initiatives/edibleestates/resources.html
[13] Contemporary Museum of Baltimore: http://www.contemporary.org/
[14] instructions: http://www.fritzhaeg.com/garden/initiatives/edibleestates/howto.html
[15] + Fritz Haeg at BKLYN Designs: http://brooklyndesigns.net/index.php/events/
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