LAWNS INTO LUNCH

by JILL FINNANE, photographs by Huni Bolliger

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Used softcover book in very good condition, 144 pages published 2005

Lawns into Lunch is about 22 people who discovered how to grow food in the city. Although they come from all walks of life, they were all looking for the same thing: a way to produce nutritious organic food from every centimetre of soil they could lay their hands on. reading about how these people created their gardens is like sitting down and chatting with a friend.

Some of thses gardeners live in units, some in terraces with tiny narrow backyards and their accommodation is often rented. Refusing to be thwarted by seemingly unpromising sites, circumstances and limited resources, their yearning for a garden that would yield them fresh produce led them to enrol in permaculture courses and this opened the door on a host of possibilities.

In this book, these urban gardeners share their mistakes, their lucky breaks, their discoveries, their clever inventions and time-saving devices, their recipes and simple, inexpensive construction techniques. The book bubbles with clever ideas and is a testament to how gardens touch lives and connect people with one another.

About the author

Jill Finnane grows everything organically and she has practised permaculture in the city for 25 years and taught it for 11 years. She has been inspired by people's ingenius ways of growing food in awkward spaces and despite busy lives. Jill currently works in for the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education in Sydney as Coordinator of their Earth Charter Project. She works with schools and other organisations to help them introduce strategies like energy-saving worm farming and water tanks.

About the photographer

Huni Bolliger is a visual artist and a passionate environmentalist. She currently lives and works in Darwin where she teaches photography, art and multimedia. Combining all of these skills, she also volunteers her time as a permaculture teacher.

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Lawns into Lunch: Growing Food in the City by Jill Finnane