Edible Cities: Urban Permaculture for Gardens, Balconies, Rooftops, and Beyond - Softcover

Anger, Judith; Fiebrig, Dr. Immo; Schnyder, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856231372 ISBN 13: 9781856231374

Publisher: Permanent Publications, 2013

Synopsis

Want to grow food but have nothing larger than a balcony, windowsill, or a piece of wall? No problem! This is a gardening book with a difference. It will help you to grow your own fruit, vegetables, herbs, and even mushrooms in small spaces in the most ecological way possible. Edible Cities shows you why the urban landscape can be a great place for permaculture. Discover inside:

· Principles of permaculture

· Worldwide examples of urban gardening projects

· Ideas for flats and balconies

· Green roofs

· Vertical gardening and urban beekeeping

· Guerrilla gardening and successful community projects

· Illustrated practical techniques with clear instructions

· Preface and contributions by Sepp Holzer

· Urban case studies from cities all over the world.

Packed with inspiration and practical, fully illustrated ideas, discover how people around the world are inventing new growing opportunities and making them a reality with few resources and a lot of creativity. Find out how you, too, can plan and create your own urban growing paradise.

About this title

About the Author:

Judith Anger is a freelance events promoter in Vienna. In 2011, she started the PermaVitae organization to develop permaculture training.

Review:

Edible Cities aims to inspire urban residents to incorporate nature, preferably the edible variety, into their lives. The authors, ardent permaculturists inspired by their study with Sepp Holzer (who also wrote the foreword to the book) believe that growing plants is possible for anyone with a balcony, rooftop, or even just a windowsill. To that end, they offer a broad overview of permaculture followed by numerous examples of how it is implemented in ways both beautiful and delicious. Joan Bailey, food and farm blogger in Japan

About this edition

• Publisher: Permanent Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1856231372
• ISBN 13: 9781856231374
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176