EDIBLE ESTATES #5: AUSTIN, texas {go to garden page}

FRITZ HAEG: ATTACK ON THE FRONT LAWN, exhibition at Arthouse, Austin, TX / January 26th - March 16th, 2008

This exhibition surveys the previously completed Edible Estates gardens, bringing together photographic and video documentation from Salina, KS; Lakewood, CA; Maplewood, NJ; and London, UK; along with ephemeral items and site-specific elements created for Arthouse’s space that relate to gardening and sustainable food production in Austin. For the duration of the exhibition, Arthouse has transformed itself into a community resource center, schoolhouse, working greenhouse, and finally, laboratory for artistic experimentation. This umbrella exhibition provides context for two related projects—the Sundown Schoolhouse and Edible Estates—developed especially for Austin.

Sundown Schoolhouse will offer a series of weekly workshops, How to Eat Austin, lead by Austin residents on composting, gardening, permaculture, and what it means to grow your own food in Austin. The schedule will be regularly updated here.

The exhibition will culminate with the planting of Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #5: Austin, TX.