Green Art, for Food's Sake

All over the country (and beyond), artist-created gardening projects are aiming to raise awareness about food, nutrition, and sustainability. Here are three we want to check out this summer:

* The Los Angeles-based Fallen Fruit collective curated an exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art entitled eatlacma, in which artist-designed gardens fill the museum's campus. Runs through November 2010. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA; (323) 857-6000 for hours and directions.

* A San Francisco group, Futurefarmers, has planted gardens on public land, among other things. (Its Victory Gardens 2009+ seeks to create an urban farmers' network.) From May 27-29, two of its artists will run a workshop called Beneath the Pavement: A Garden at Leicestershire, UK's Loughborough University, creating edible landscapes. They are also looking for volunteer gardeners to help tend the land. Email radar.info@lboro.ac.uk or call 01509 222 881.
* Architect-activist Fritz Haeg has transformed front lawns nationwide into food-bearing plots with his Edible Estates. "The role of art in our society is responding to the world around us," explains Haeg. Go to fritzhaeg.com for locations.

--Ashley Gartland and Julia Bainbridge

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