Edible estates : attack on the front lawn Preface Fritz Haeg Beauty and the lawn: a break with tradition Diana Balmori Stories from the front yard : Full frontal gardening Fritz Haeg ; Growing power: Milwaukees urban farm Will Allen ; Why mow The case against law Michael Pollan ; The green grid Lesley Stern ; My house in the garden Rosalind Creasy The edible estates regional prototype gardens : About the edible estates gardens ; Garden #1: Salina Kansas Stan Cox ; Garden #2: Lakewood California Michael Foti ; Garden #3: Maplewood New Jersey Michelle Christman ; Garden #4: London England Carole Wright ; Garden #5: Austin Texas Residents of Sierra Ridge Apartments ; Garden #6: Baltimore Maryland Clarence Ridgley ; Garden #7: La Cañada Flintridge Susan Fuelling Laurie Hopkins and Dale Freyberger ; Garden #8: New York New York Eric W. Sanderson Reports from coast to coast : Zone 10: Los Angeles California Lisa Anne Auerbach and Louis Marchesano ; Zone 10: Pasadena California Christopher Brandow ; Zone 9: Sacramento California Beth Olagues ; Zone 8: Austin Texas Justin Burch; J. Muzacz ; Zone 7: Narbeth Pennsylvania Leah Swann ; Zone 7: Richmond Virginia Chris Edwards ; Zone 6: Needham Massachusetts Dorothy Stark ; Zone 5: Chicago Illinois Barbara Cooper ; Zone 4: Montpelier Vermont Glenn Scherer and the Apple Corps ; Regional planting calendars Food for thought and action : Statistics ; Resources