Designing urban agriculture : a complete guide to the planning, design, construction, maintenance and management of edible landscapes /

Philips, April.

Designing urban agriculture : a complete guide to the planning, design, construction, maintenance and management of edible landscapes / April Philips. - Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2013. - xii, 276 pages : colored illustrations ; 29 cm.

Includes Seattle P-Patch.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index.

Food cities: ecology + urban agriculture -- Planning strategies for urban food systems -- Vision, synthesis, and form -- Systems integration and connections -- Lifecycle operations -- Outreach and community.

"This full-color guide offers a complete overview of edible landscapes from the planning, designing, and funding to the management and maintenance of these communal spaces and ecodestinations. Featuring case studies of innovative projects, it offers complete coverage of a dozen typologies including community gardens, CSA farms, edible estates, edible roof gardens, guerilla gardens, vertical wall gardens, and farm-to-table gardens, among others"-- "Explains how to design regenerative edible landscapes that benefit both community and ecology Offers complete coverage of management and maintenance issues "--

9781118073834 (hardback : acidfree paper) 1118073835 (hardback : acidfree paper)

2012045251

GBB240285 bnb

016072696 Uk


Urban agriculture.
Edible landscaping.

S494.5.U72 / P44 2013

S494.5.U72 / P44 2013

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