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Edible Estates Regional Prototype Gardens:
#1 - Salina, Kansas, 2005 / commissioned by the Salina Art Center
#2 - Lakewood California, 2006 / exhibited at Machine Project, produced for Fair Exchange at Millard Sheets
#3 - Maplewood, New Jersey, 2007 / sponsored by Garden Supply
#4 - London, England, 2007 / commissioned by Tate Modern and exhibited in the Turbine Hall for Global Cities
#5 - Austin, Texas, 2008 / commissioned by Arthouse for the exhibit Fritz Haeg: Attack on the Front Lawn
#6 - Baltimore, Maryland, 2008 / commissioned by Contemporary Museum Baltimore for Cottage IndustryDescano Public Demonstration Garden, 2008 / at Descanso Gardens, La Canada - Flintridge, California
Other projects to check out: Public Farm 1 (New York) / Victory Gardens 2007+ (San Francisco) / Fallen Fruit (Los Angeles) / Food Up Front (London) / Guerrilla Gardening (London) / Food Not Lawns (U.S.) / Path To Freedom (Pasadena)
Other books to read: The Complete Guide to Edible Landscaping (Rosalind Creasy) / How to Grow More Fruits and Vegetables (John Jeavons) / Food Not Lawns (Heather Flores) / Hungry City (Carolyn Steel) / On Guerrilla Gardening (Richard Reynolds) /
OLD NEWS:
> 05.31.08 / Edible Estates at the Contemporary Museum Baltimore / opens today, including photos and video of garden #6
> 04.17.08 / Edible Estates on the BBC and in Domus and the Baltimore Sun
> 04.15.08 / story of Baltimore garden picked up by the Associated Press
> 04.13.08 / the Baltimore garden has been planted and the first photos are now posted
> 04.11.08 / two radio stories today, By Design on Australian Broadcasting Corporation & Maryland Morning on WYPR
> 04.10.08 / we are planting the Baltimore garden this weekend, email info(at)edibleesates.org to volunteer!
> 03.31.08 / new video on Dwell
> 03.29.08 / Edible Estates book release event at MoCA PDC / 3pm
> 03.21.08 / Edible Estates stories this month in Men's Vogue, Metropolis, New York Times T Magazine
> 03.20.08 / Edible Estate #5 planted in Austin, TX, pictures now online
> 03.07.08 / BOOK RELEASE EVENT AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY! March 7th with Dolores Hayden, Peter Sellars, Frederick Kaufman & Shamim Momin.
> 02.04.08 / LOOKING FOR BALTIMOREAN LAWN-OWNERS FOR EDIBLE ESTATE #6
> 02.01.08 / THE BOOK IS OUT! ask for it at your local bookstore
> 01.26.08 / Edible Estates exhibition opens at Arthouse
> 01.25.08 / The site for the Austin garden has been selected!
> 01.25.08 / Story in the Austin Chronicle
> 01.16.08 / Feature on Los Angeles KCET
> 01.13.08 / Radio interview with John Dromgoole, Natural Gardener , Austin
> 01.11.08 / Story in the Los Angeles Daily News
> 11.14.07 / Edible Estates featured on Austin Fox Morning News
> 10.08.07 / THE NEXT EDIBLE ESTATE WILL BE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, NOW LOOKING FOR A FRONT LAWN TO REMOVE!
> 10.02.07 / Landscape Architecture Magazine / Revenge of the Lawn / by Joshua Gray/ pp 37 - 38 / October
> 09.22.07 / 10am - noon / public lecture / Descanso Gardens / La Canada Flintridge, CA
> 09.20.07 / Control Magazine / new essay Buildings, Gardens & Happenings
> 08.28.07 / ArtNews / 25 Trendsetters: Garden of Earthly Detritus / by Paul Young / pp 131-132 / September
> 08.27.07 / Global Cities closes / Tate Modern commissioned Edible Estate garden & exhibit / also seems to be good for the local real estate? / London, England
> 08.21.07 / interview on radio show The Restaurant Guys
> 08.16.07 / Edible Estates featured in 11th Hour, the new eco-documentary by Leonardo Di Caprio
> 08.13.07 / interview with Creative Time curator Nato Thompson "Interrogating Public Space"
> 08.10.07 / interview on radio show The Lazy Environmentalist
> 08.06.07 / Edible Estates story on public radio show Here & Now from WBUR Boston
> 07.27.07 / in the last few weeks Edible Estates has been featured in Wine & Food Magazine, an Associated Press story, the New Jersey Star Ledger among others....
> 07.20.07 / Edible Estate Regional Prototype Garden #5 will be planted in March 2008 in Austin, Texas commissioned by Arthouse
> 07.08.07 / we finished planting the New Jersey Edible Estate today! thanks to all the great volunteers who came out to join us...
> 06.27.07 / Announcing the site for the next Edible Estate: MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY! To be planted July 6th-8th. Let us know if you want to come help us! info(at)edibleestates.org
> 06.23.07 / presentation by Fritz Haeg at Debate London / proposal for new event for the summer 2012 games: Olympic Farming
> 06.22.07 / Some press on the new London Edible Estate commissioned by tate Modern: London Telegraph / London Paper
> 06.19.07 / The Edible Estates exhibit open in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern in London as a part of Global Cities
> 06.18.07 / Watch the new VIDEO about the London Edible Edible Estate commissioned by Tate Modern> 05.30.07 / the London garden is planted, new pictures are up and the residents and neighbors are excited to have a place to grow their own food!
> 05.25.07 / today was the first day of work on Edible Estate #4 in London commissioned by the Tate Modern. check out the photos on the london page here.
> 05.17.07 / STILL LOOKING FOR A HOUSE & FAMILY FOR E.E. #4 - NYC: more info on what we are looking for here / we would ideally like to find a family/house/front lawn in one of the boroughs with access to the subway system. please spread the word to friends, relatives, etc.! / we would like to plant it the weekend of june 8-10 / contact us with any leads at all to info(at)edibleestates.org
> 03.17.07 / EDIBLE ESTATES #4: SUBURBAN NEW YORK CITY - now looking for: {1} an eager family with a front lawn to remove (could be New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Long Island, etc.) that fits these guidelines. {2} a local nursery to provide in kind donations of vegetable & herb plants, fruit trees & vines, compost, equipment & materials. {3} local volunteers to help remove the lawn & plant the garden {June 8th - 10th}...please post & pass this on to anyone you think might have a lead! contact us with any leads at all to info(at)edible estates.org
> 03.14.07 / the Tate Modern will be commissioning a new Edible Estate for for a lawn in front of a low income housing block in central London / will open in the galleries on June 19th as a part of the exhibition "Global Cities"
> 03.13.07 / Incredible Edible Estates / Supernaturale.com / by Abigail Doan
> 03.07.07 / The Lawn Goodbye / Dwell Magazine / April 2007 / pages 136 - 140 / by Arnie Cooper
> 03.03.07 / Edible Estates opens in exhibtition at the Netherlands Architecture Institute / Maastricht
> 02.16.07 / ANNOUNCING THE EDIBLE ESTATES CHALLENGE 2007
> 02.06.07 / the Edible Estates book will be released early spring 2008 published by Metropolis Books & distributed by DAP!
> 02.01.07 / the next Edible Estates regional prototype garden will be in suburban New York (New Jersey, Connecticut, Long Island...?) Let us know if you think you might be a good candidate.
> 01.29.07 / Edible Estates story on Archinect.com
> 12.05.06 / Edible Estates video on Treehugger.com
> 11.23.06 / we are starting to think about the location for the next Edible Estates regional prototype garden to be planted in spring 2007. we have done the southwest (Lakewood, CA) and the central plains (Salina, KS). let us know if you have any thoughts on the next city and any local sponsoring institutions. info(at)edibleestates.org
> 11.11.06 / in the past few weeks Edible Estates has been featured in La Opinion / Mean Magazine / Helio / California Home & Design / Plenty Magazine / Whole Life Times / Sierra Club Magazine 2 / June 15
> 10.05.06 - 10.29.06 / Edible Estates Headquarters & Workshop opens Machine Project on Thursday October 5th / 8-10pm / screening of the new video / distribution of the how-to-propaganda brochure / garden readings by Lesley Stern
> if you can't make it to the L.A. County Fair, or to Machine next month....the Los Angeles Edible Estates brochure and video are now available for online for your viewing pleasure!
> coming up....10.03.06 - 10.30.06 / edible estates headquarters, workshop & events / Machine Project
> 09.08.06 - 10.01.06 / edible estates presented at the L.A. County Fair
08.22.06 / ABC World News Tonight / an evening news story on edible estates from crews in salina, ks and lakewood, ca / see the video here
08.14.06 / Sierra Club Magazine / Eat Your Lawn / by Arnie Cooper / September issue
> 08.14.06 / The Kansas City Star / 'Greener Substitute to Lawns Takes Root' / Business Section / by Paul Wenske
> 08.11.06 Knapp, Lucinda Michele / Los Angeles Alternative Press / 'Green House Effect' / cover story - pp. 16 - 19 / August 11 - 17 (text )
> 07.25.06 / cbs - kcal 9 news / family supplants lawn with vegetable garden / linda alvarez reports story about the lakewood edible estate garden
> 07.24.06 / 7:30am e.s.t. / martha stewart living radio / live interview with fritz about edible estates on 'morning living'
> 07.18.06 / 2:40pm / kpcc radio / live-on air interview with fritz haeg about california lawns & edible estates
> 07.13.06 / edible estates in the new york times / Redfining American Beauty, by the Yard / pp d1 / by patricia leigh brown
> 07.13.06 / san francisco chronicle / 'Greenery sucking up more of state's water' / important article on california water use!
> 07.12.06 / do you want an edible estate produced in your city?
> 06.30.06 / edible estate #2's cecilia foti wrote a report for her seventh grade class on edible estates....read it here.
> 06.25.06 / After less than a month the Los Angeles Edible Estates in Lakewoood is really taking off, already producing food & feeding the Foti family.
> 06.04.06 / Thanks Durfee Foundation, we just found out we received a grant from them to help support Edible Estates Los Angeles.
> 06.01.06 / Pictures of the new Los Angeles Edible Estate in Lakewood are now up....
> 05.15.06 / Los Angeles Times / 'Front Yard Salad Bar' / pp F2 / By Lili Singer
> 05.07.06 / After 6 months of searching we have finally selected the site for Edible Estates #2: Los Angeles prototype garden. We will be planting it this weekend, May 27-29. Contact us at info(at)edibleestates.org if you would like to come and help out.
> 05.03.06 / 'Edible Estates' featured in frieze magazine & xtra magazine this month
> 05.01.06 / Our Salina Edible Estate owner, Stan Cox has a great article in Counter Punch
> 'Edible Estates' featured in lots of blogs: new york times / we make money... / inhabitat / world changing / apartment therapy / pruned / arthur magazine / utne magazine / make magazine / archinect
> read this great article on the lawn industry by stan cox, our salina, kansas edible estate owner!
> Do you already have an edible landscape?
> Edible Estate: Edition #01 / established July 4th, 2005 / commissioned by the Salina Art Center / Salina, Kansas / exhibit opened September 25th.
> Fritz Haeg presents Edible Estates at the Mak Center's Schindler House, September 10th, 2005.
> the Edible Estates video (quicktime)
> view the Edible Estates: Edition #1 informational brochure produced for Salina
> watch the presentation prepared by the Land Institute for the Edible Estates show in Salina
> we are just at the beginning this long term Edible Estates project, let us know if you have any thoughts, suggestions or comments! info(at)edibleestates.org
Estate Owners: Clarence & Rudine Ridgley
Photography: Leslie Furlong
Videography: Errol Webber
Graphic Design: Ryan Gladhill
Volunteers that established the garden: Pam Berman, Jen Brown, Mim Caris, Julie Diewald, Dan Edlavitch, Kenneth Edwards, Mike Fila, Leslie Furlong, Sarah Greenbaum, Karen Hager, Leslie Hatfield, Irene Hofmann, Brennen Jenson, Rebecca Lemos, Paul Maier, Jaimes Mayhew, Ryan Patterson, Nara Park, Kendal Ricks, Adrian Ridgley, Clarence Ridgley, Rudine Ridgley, Michelle Simpson, Cynthia Smith, Stuart Smith, Chips Shutt, Errol Webber, Charlotte Walters, and Shannon Young.
Major Sponsor: M&T Bank
Plant Sponsor: Green Fields Nursery and Landscaping Company, Baltimore
Special thanks to General Manager, Peter Bieneman
Special Thanks also to: Barry Lubinski and the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks, Horticulture Division, Parks and People, High Grounds Coffee, Robert Haywood, Johaniris Rivera Rodriguez
commissioned by the Arthouse
photography by Sunshine Mathon
apartment complex owners/managers: Foundation Communities
local volunteers included: Juliet Gamarci, Ilea Avalos, Alpha Balde, Adam Boley, Charles DiTullio, Barbara Hampson, Suzanne Hurley, Juliet Gamarci, Julie Killingsworth, Elizabeth Lee, Karen Lyons, Scott, Alicia Wong, Jon Allison, Melanie Letot, John Hallock, Jennifer Dunnam, Elizabeth Lee, James Matchett, Tala Matchett, Dan Murphy, Flo Rice, Travis Seay, Sandi Smith, Cheyenne Weaver, Adam Boley, Travis Greig, Brett Koenig, Travis Greig, Wendy Redding, Elaine Shen, Katie Sternberg, Rachel Tepper, Melissa Torrente, Meghan Smith; along with resident children: Mario Badillo, Jessica Gomez, Jesús Martinez, Dylan Rojas, Miguel Garcia, Maria Elena Gomez, Lanna Payne, George Rojano, Zachary Rojas, Oscar Sanchez, Margaret Wong, Jesús Garcia, Karen Gomez, Maria Martinez, Brian Torrez, Cindy Beltran, Raymundo Gomez, Ruben Gomez, Rudy Gorostieta, Alexis Martinez, Daryl Gibson,Zachary Gibson, Stephen Gardener, Jeremiah Gardener, Bryan Beltran, Daniella Gomez, Evelyn Galindo, and adults: Alicia Wong, Lilia Sanpedro, Claudio Garcia, Maria Fernandez
exhibition sponsors: Whole Foods Market / Additional support provided by: McDugald-Steele Austin; Gardens; Big Red Sun; Jill and Dennis McDaniel; Melba and Ted Whatley / Media Sponsor: Edible Austin
commissioned by the Tate Modern
partnership with and support from Bankside Open Spaces Trust
sponsorship from Better Bankside
photography by Heiko Prigge
exhibition graphics by a.b.a.k.e.
video by Jacinto Astiazaran
exhibition production, research and support by Matthew Au
Edible Estates identity by Department of Graphic Sciences
Resident Volunteers included Brooke Blades, Dajana Dokaj, Klaudia Dokaj, Rina Dokaj, Silvia Dokaj, Tiegan Eady, Siobhan Eady, Ben Horrigan, Zoe Horrigan, Fabian Mcdermott, Denise Withers / Community Volunteers included: Jessica Beattie, Joseph Bonner, Sarah Burrows, Jill Jerram, Judith Mackinlay, Jeff McMillan, Lily McMillan, Heather Ring, Annina Salo, Reinhard Schleining, Frances Ward, Katie Wright / Michael Osbourne (bost volunteer), Arthur De Mowbray (for the seating), Mark Barrell (Tenant Liason Officer), Sergio Mutti (Estates Compliance Officer). BOST support: Carole Wright and Peter Graal / Tate Modern curator for Global Cities: November Paynter and assistant curator Kathy Noble.
estate owners: michelle christman and chris wei
photography: Ed Morris & Curtis Hamilton, Canary Project
videography: Andrew Freiband & Sara Grady
sponsorship: Gardeners Supply
plants supplier: Dreyer Farms
volunteer garden installation crew: Lazlo & Edna, Kim Collins, Janet & Julie Gerber, Donna Wingate, Adam Stolorow, Susanna Howe, Joel & Melissa De la Fuente, Hugh Snyder, Emily Lundberg, Alan Carroll, Katherine Coon, Sara Grady, Jason Wood, Svetlana Kitto, Curtis Hamilton, Fiona Ryan, Emily Schroeder, Carissa Pelleteri, Ellie Mueller, Thomas Cristello.
owners: michael & jennifer foti
donation of garden plants & materials: armstrong garden centers
photo documentation and portraits: taidgh o'niel
produced with the support of: millard sheets gallery
volunteer garden workers: katie bachler, preston brown, winston kahn, mitchell kane, melissa mcdonnell, taidgh o'niel, daniel procter, stephanie scott, roopa shenoy & aubrey white
machine director: mark allen
curator of the 'fair exchange' exhibition: irene tsatsos
director of the millard sheets gallery: dan danzig
video edited & co-directed by: jacinto astiazaran
video funded by a grant from the Durfee Foundation
brochure graphic design: department of graphic sciences
research, support and project development: katie bachler and aubrey white
estate owners: stan and priti cox
salina art center: pam harris, wendy moshier, becky atkinson & jay heiman
the land institute: david van tassel
exhibition curator: stacy switzer
brochure graphic designers: department of graphic sciences
gardening volunteer: ted zerger
research, support and project development: katie bachler, aubrey white, erin marshel, and krystal chang
The Edible Estates project is part of the Gardenlab program, established by Fritz Haeg in 2001. With the garden as a metaphor and actual laboratory, it supports ecology based initiatives in art and design. Past projects have included the creation of a community garden and memorial lawn on the Pasadena campus of Art Center College of Design. In fall 2004 'the gardenLAb experiment', a vast convention / fair / exhibition / happening about the ecology of Los Angeles brought together the work of Los Angeles based artists, designers, scientists, filmmakers and activists. It was staged in the Art Center College of Design exhibition hall, 'The Wind Tunnel'. In summer 2005 the Edible Estates initiative to replace American front lawns with edible landscapes was initiated in the geographic center of the country, Salina, Kansas. This first of nine planned regional prototypes was sponsored by the Salina Art Center. The next edition will be established in Los Angeles in spring 2006 and followed by an exhibition in the fall. In winter 2006 Gardenlab established a permanent student run community garden on the campus of CalArts in Valencia, California. The Gardenlab program was initially funded by an Art Center faculty enrichment grant, and has since received significant support from various sources including the Durfee Foundation, Armstrong Garden Centers, Ford Motor Company, the City of Pasadena, the LEF Foundation and the Wallis Foundation.
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