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Edible Estates, Spring 2010 Launch

Posted: 5:50 pm April 5, 2010 by the third place

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A lush garden with various plants and flowers in front of a brick house. Two people are tending to the garden near a wooden teepee structure.

The updated version of Fritz Haeg’s book, Edible Estates, An Attack on the Front Lawn, releases today with a discussion at WNYC’s Green Space with gardeners and politicians. If you can’t make it to New York, maybe you can visit the Baltimore Regional Prototype Garden.

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