FOOD NOT LAWNS By Flores, Heather C
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HOW TO TURN YOUR YARD INTO A GARDEN AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A COMMUNITY
Food Not Lawns combines practical wisdom on ecological design and community-building with a fresh, green perspective on an age-old subject. Activist and urban gardener Heather Flores shares her nine-step permaculture design to help farmsteaders and city dwellers alike build fertile soil, promote biodiversity, and increase natural habitat in their own 'paradise gardens'.
But Food Not Lawns doesn't begin and end in the seed bed. This joyful permaculture lifestyle manual inspires readers to apply the principles of the paradise garden-simplicity, resourcefulness, creativity, mindfulness, and community-to all aspects of life. Plant 'guerilla gardens' in barren road intersections; organize community meals; start a street theatre troupe or host a local art swap; free your kitchen from refrigeration and enjoy truly fresh, nourishing foods from your own plot of land; work with children to create garden play spaces.
The Author: Heather C. Flores, a certified permaculture designer, holds a BA degree in ecology, education, and the arts from Goddard College, USA. She offers environmental landscape design and consultation services. Flores' next project is to use low-tech performance arts to bridge cultural and economic gaps in environmental education. She lives in Oregon.
More Information
- Edition: 1st
- ISBN: 193339207X
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Chelsea Green (USA)
- Reviews:
"A brilliant well-rounded, inspirational and informative book." Green Parent
"Radical (rooted), subversive (underground), and seeded throughout with treasures that will sprout into savoury, beautiful flowers. Don't just buy this book: Read it. Don't just read this book: Do it. Grow a garden. And let the weeds grow; they're good medicine."-Susun Weed, Wise Woman Herbal Series
