Author’s Note
A quick video-note from Heather Jo Flores, 15 years after Food Not Lawns was written.
Category Food Not Lawns Book
Who illustrated Food Not Lawns?
Jackie Holmstrom drew more than 100 images for Food Not Lawns, working closely with the author and also drawing from her own experience.
The Next Generation: Doing Permaculture with Children
Here's a list of ways to design permaculture gardens and more with kids!
Working Together: Grassroots Group Process and Conflict Resolution
This chapter discusses ways to resolve conflicts in your community projects.
Reaching Out: How to Do Local Grassroots Outreach and Fundraising
Discover a variety of ways to spread the word about your projects and events.
Into the Community: How to Organize Community Events
Explore these grassroots community projects that you can create to promote sustainability.
Beyond the Garden
Ecological living is about much more than just growing food. Here are some easy changes to make.
Ecological Design: the Permaculture Way
Use permaculture-style design thinking to turn your dreams into reality.
Seed Stewardship and Why it Matters
Learn the basics of how to grow, select, harvest, store, and distribute heirloom and organic seeds.
Plants and Polycultures: How to Grow Garden Guilds
How to make a permaculture garden that produces food for humans and other species, year-round.
The Living Soil
How to build and maintain living soil that will grow abundant gardens.
The Ecological Home Water Cycle
How to collect, store, and recycle water in your home and garden.
Gaining Ground: Finding Access to Land
How to gain access to land, tools, resources, information, and help for your grassroots gardening projects.
Free Your Lawn (and the rest will follow)
Why you should get rid of the grass and grow a many-species food forest instead!
Foreword by Toby Hemenway
Foreword by Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia's Garden, A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture