The Edible Estates project will be implemented in 9 cities in the
United States over the next 3 years. An adventurous family in each
town will offer their typical suburban front lawn as a working
prototype for the region. They will dare to defy the sweeping
continuity of their neighborhood’s green lined streets. Working
together with the family and additional helpers the front lawn will be
removed and replaced with an edible landscape. This highly productive
garden will be designed to respond to the unique characteristics of
the site, the needs and desires of the owner, the community and its
history and especially the local climate and geography.
Each of the 9 regional prototype gardens will be sponsored by a local
art institution and developed in partnership with a horticultural or
agricultural research organization. Each garden will be planted in the
spring and the first season’s growth will be documented and displayed
as a public exhibition.
A booklet will be produced specifically for each town and distributed
for free. It will communicate to residents how they may go about
replacing their lawn with an Edible Estate. The booklet will include
listings of local nurseries, fruits and vegetables that are
recommended for the region, native plants that are edible, local
businesses that may assist with the labor and maintenance, basic
gardening principals and further reading resources. This information
will be assembled with the help of local specialists and also be
available on the internet…
“Never doubt that a small group of committed individuals can change
the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead
About the Author...
Joanne Hay, Editor of Nourished Magazine, Chief Nourisher and Mother of three is very grateful to live in Byron Bay and be able to share all she has learned about Nourishment. She has trained as an Acupuncturist (unfinished), Kinesiologist (finished) and parent (never finished). She serves the Weston A Price Foundation as a chapter leader. She loves sauerkraut, kangaroo tail stew, home made ice cream, her husband Wes and her kids Isaiah, Brynn and Ronin (in no particular order…well maybe ice cream first).
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