On May 26th, 2013, PLANTING DAY…
…at Edible Estate #15 in Woodbury was a bit more tranquil than the heavy-duty sod/rock/log/dirt moving yesterday, but still hectic with hundreds of plants, trees, shrubs, vines, and…
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On May 25th, 2013, DAY ONE OF EDIBLE ESTATE #15…
…installation with the hands of over 50 volunteers gets us farther along than I had hoped, finishing the day with most of the lawn rolled up and piled…
On May 24th, 2013, DIRT CIRCLES IN THE FRONT LAWN…
…of the Woodbury, Minnesota residence where we are laying out the first design marks of Edible Estate #15 this afternoon make it seem like aimless drunken teens went…
On May 23rd, 2013, SOFT OPENING OF THE FORAGING CIRCLE…
…commissioned by the Walker Art Center for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden tonight was proceeded by a mad dash for some teapots and tea party accoutrements to Wendy at…
On May 22nd, 2013, THE EE 15 PLAN…
…has been evolving since the substantially sized Woodbury front lawn site was selected a few weeks ago, but we need to get real since it hits the ground…
On May 21st, 2013, A VISIT TO THE NEW BEACH…
…at the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 this afternoon – to inspect sites (with press in tow) for the 30 Animal Estates traffic signs that will be permanently…
On May 20th, 2013, AN ANIMAL ESTATES 9.0 MAP…
…by frequent design collaborator Benjamin Reichen of Åbäke is in the works and today in Rotterdam we look at the new version, which tells the stories of 24…
On May 19th, 2013, IN AMSTERDAM EDITING VIDEO…
…footage from a winter visit to the ‘new land’ of the Port of Rotterdam for Animal Estates 9.0 – opening June 29th – and the weather here today…
On May 17th, 2013, A DANISH THATCHED ROOF…
…spotted on the drive from our Edible Estate garden site back to Aarhus is worth screeching to halt and turning back to inspect and get a few photos…
On May 16th, 2013, PLANTING DAY AT EDIBLE ESTATE #14…
…saw a bunch of fruit trees planted in a gentle arc on the north side of the front lawn, hundreds of strawberry cuttings inserted in the terraced slope…
On May 15th, 2013, EE #14 PLANTING DAY ONE…
…in the suburban development of Hammel outside of Aarhus, Denmark got off to a slow start this morning with only a small fraction of the 65 architecture students…
On May 14th, 2013, THE WOODS OF HAMMEL, DENMARK…
…just steps from the site of Edible Estate #14 at the Pederson residence is one of my favorite things about the site, so down the street a few…
On May 13th, 2013,THE PEDERSEN FRONT LAWN IN HAMMEL, DENMARK…
…outside of Aarhus, was selected selected as the site for Edible Estate #14 – with a family already growing food in the back, two little girls ready for…
On May 11th, 2013, UNDER THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN KUNGSTRÄDGÅRDEN…
…in Stockholm this afternoon where everyone is soaking up the rays after a long winter, and though it is still a bit chilly to my sensitive LA constitution,…
On May 10th, 2013, STOCKHOLM GARDENS…
…are a helpful to see today, both in preparation for a June project here, and also planting in the similar climate of the Twin Cities in just a…
On May 9th, 2012, WE ARE EXPLORING SWEDISH WOODS…
…this morning in Upplands Väsby north of Stockholm with Swedish nature illustrator Bo Mossberg as our guide in preparatory research for the wild foragable rocky/woody landscape installation I’ll…
On May 8th, 2013, THE FRONT LAWN SELECTION FOR “EDIBLE ESTATE #15: TWIN CITIES”…
…can finally be announced, after pouring over almost 100 email applications and visiting a few of the most promising last Saturday, the Schoenherr residence in Woodbury, MN will…
On May 7th, 2013, THE “FORAGING CIRCLE” PROGRESS…
…has continued gradually in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (commissioned by the Walker Art Center) over this week that started with snow and sleet and is ending with sunny…
On May 4th, 2013, THE EDIBLE ESTATE #15 TWIN CITIES FRONT LAWN SEARCH…
…ends today with a road trip circling my hometown, visiting the nine most promising front lawns – of the almost 100 submitted with stories and photos – taking…
On May 3rd, 2013, BREAKFAST AT BIRCHWOOD…
…one of my favorite local food places in Minneapolis-St. Paul, bringing my writer friend Michael Pollan and food/garden story hero (‘Second Nature‘ was a big inspiration in my…