Edible Estates
Fritz Haeg & volunteers
The Edible Estates project is a series of installations by the artist and architect Fritz Haeg. Starting in 2005 in Salina Kansas, Haeg transforms the front garden of houses into spaces for the small scale production of food produce such as onions, red cabbage, cherries, oregano, pears, mint and so on. Since 2005 Haeg has created five more 'prototype' gardens in: Lakewood, California; Maplewood, New Jersey; London, England; Austin, Texas; and Baltimore, Maryland.
What were the disciplinary contributors to the project? What model of research / development was followed? What were factors leading to success / problems?
Participants do not necessarily fit neatly into disciplinary categories however participants and collaborators included: artists, photographers, storytellers and volunteers.
Values
What were the outcomes of the project? How were these disseminated to outside stakeholders? What models of value are implied by this project? What was the Impact of the work?
Edible Estates has lead to:
The publication of a book: Edible Estates: Attack On The Front Lawn published by Metropolis Books in 2008.
A web site.
Events and projects such as lectures, commissioned installations, keynote address's and the construction of a demonstration garden in Los Angeles, California.
Edible Estates value lies in its relevance to discourses in art and design as such the output of the project is oriented towards representing the project within institutional frameworks associated with artistic and design practice.
Links and Resources
www.edibleestates.org
