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EDIBLE ESTATES public demonstration garden: DESCANSO GARDENS, la canada flintridge, california

Descanso Gardens  invited Edible Estates to create a demonstration garden for their featured "center circle" planting area (35' x 70') for 2008. This raised oval planting area features many strategies for domestic food gardening. In the center of the garden is a "home", or elevated viewing platform covered in fruit vines. The southern area of the oval is planted with lawn and the northern area features dense and highly diverse plantings of edibles. Signage provides statistics and data comparing the water use, chemical needs, and overall production of the lawn versus the garden. Visitors experience two different ways of making use of their private property and consider the consequences of each. The garden is replanted with spring/summer plantings on May 17th and autumn plantings on October 3rd.