Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn

Since the first edition of Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn was published in 2008, interest in edible gardening has exploded across the United States and abroad. Even First Lady Michelle Obama is doing it! This greatly expanded second edition of the book documents the eight Edible Estates regional prototype gardens that author Fritz Haeg has planted in California, Kansas, Texas, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and England, and includes personal accounts from the homeowner-gardeners about the pleasures and challenges of publicly growing food where they live.

BEFORE "Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #1: Salina, Kansas," 2005 commissioned by the Salina Art Center

AFTER "Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #1: Salina, Kansas," 2005 commissioned by the Salina Art Center

"Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #4: London, England," 2007 commissioned by Tate Modern

"Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #4: London, England," 2007 commissioned by Tate Modern

BEFORE "Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #3: Maplewood, New Jersey," 2007

AFTER "Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #3: Maplewood, New Jersey," 2007

BEFORE "Lenape Edible Estates: Manhattan," 2009 produced and presented by New York Restoration Project in partnership with Friends of the Highline for Hudson Guild at Elliott-Chelsea Houses

AFTER "Lenape Edible Estates: Manhattan," 2009 produced and presented by New York Restoration Project in partnership with Friends of the Highline for Hudson Guild at Elliott-Chelsea Houses

BEFORE "Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #6: Baltimore, Maryland," 2008 commissioned by Contemporary Museum Baltimore

AFTER "Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #6: Baltimore, Maryland," 2008 commissioned by Contemporary Museum Baltimore

BEFORE "Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #5: Austin, Texas," 2008 commissioned by Arthouse

AFTER "Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #5: Austin, Texas," 2008 commissioned by Arthouse