A Garden Can Be Anywhere: Creating Bountiful and Beautiful Edible Gardens

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Edible Gardens LA founder Lauri Kranz shares her secrets for planning, planting, growing, and maintaining luscious edible gardens, no matter the setting or size of the plot. Through gorgeous gardens created for her well-known clientele, including James Beard award-winning chefs, celebrities, rock stars, and more, Lauri shares her essential methods for growing abundant organic food. This practical guide is built around Lauri's philosophy that nourishment and beauty are not separate goals. It's also at the forefront of a gardening revolution, where more and more people are craving a patch of land for growing and the trend is toward edible gardens over ornamental gardens.A Garden Can Be Anywherereveals Lauri's knack for providing both beauty and bounty in her clients' outdoor spaces.

Lauri Kranz is the owner and founder of Edible Gardens LA where she creates lush, edible landscapes and vegetable gardens for chefs, restaurants, museums, schools and anyone interested in growing their own food (ediblegardensla.com). Lauri and her gardens have been featured in magazines including, Martha Stewart Living, Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, Town & Country and Marie Claire and has been featured on NBC's Today Show.

"Professional garden designer to the stars and founder of Edible Gardens LA shares her secrets for planning, planting and maintaining luscious edible gardens in any sizes or setting of plot." -- The Bookseller "This gorgeous new book is the gardening inspiration you need now." -- The Los Angeles Times "Lauri has become one of LA's most sought-after designers, and it's obvious why. For her clients, who call her "the fairy godmother of gardening," she creates charming landscapes that feel very personal and modern. With this new book, Lauri gets a chance to tell her story, her own way. Illustrated by lovely photographs by Yoshihiro Makino, the book takes readers through the process-step-by-step-of designing and growing a beautiful home garden." -- Gardenista "Kranz is now sharing her wisdom in a new book, A Garden Can Be Anywhere: Creating Bountiful and Beautiful Edible Gardens (Abrams), a collaboration with her husband, Dean Kuipers. The luscious photos by Yoshihiro Makino will make you long to get dirt under your nails, and Kranz's facility at simplifying the process of raising fava beans or beets or lemon verbena-yes, anywhere-will have you scouring seed catalogs." -- Newsweek "Top LA based garden designer Lauri shares her secrets for planning,planting, growing and maintaining luscious edible gardens, no matter where you are or how much space you have. Through images of gorgeous gardens, she shows us how to grow food we'll be proud to cook and eat." -- Vegan Living