| Description |
xii, 276 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Food cities: ecology + urban agriculture : Lafayette Greens, Detroit ; Bar Agricole, San Francisco ; City Slicker Farms, Oakland ; Viet Village, New Orleans ; Big City Farmers, Baltimore -- Planning strategies for urban food systems : Prairie Crossing, Grayslake ; River Falls Eco Village, River Falls ; Verge Sidewalk Garden, Charlottesville ; Scent of Orange, Chongqing -- Vision, synthesis, and form : Villa Augustus, Dordrecht ; Miller Creek Edible Garden and Outdoor Kitchen, San Rafael ; 2001 Market Street, San Francisco ; Gary Comer Youth Center, Chicago -- Systems integration and connections : Medlock Ames Wine Tasting Room, Healdsburg ; Our school at Blair Grocery, New Orleans ; Incredible Edible House, prototype ; Science Barge, Yonkers, New York ; Banyan Street Manor, Honolulu -- Lifecycle operations : Die Plantage, Munich ; MUSC Urban Farm, Charleston ; Riverpark Farm, Manhattan ; VF Outdoors Campus, Alameda ; Sacred Heart Organic Garden, Atherton ; Slow Food Nation Victory Garden, San Francisco -- Outreach and community : Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta ; Urban Food Jungle, prototype ; Expo 2015, Milan ; Alemany Farms, San Francisco ; P-Patch Gardens, Seattle ; Glide Church, San Francisco ; Gotham Greens, Brooklyn |
| Summary |
"This full-color guide offers a complete overview of edible landscapes from the planning, designing, and funding to the management and maintenance of these communal spaces and ecodestinations. Featuring case studies of innovative projects, it offers complete coverage of a dozen typologies including community gardens, CSA farms, edible estates, edible roof gardens, guerilla gardens, vertical wall gardens, and farm-to-table gardens, among others"-- Provided by publisher |
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"Explains how to design regenerative edible landscapes that benefit both community and ecology Offers complete coverage of management and maintenance issues "-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index |
| Subject |
Urban agriculture.
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Edible landscaping.
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| LC no. |
2012045251 |
| ISBN |
9781118073834 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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1118073835 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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(e-book) |
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