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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City

Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City

Brown, Kate

Hardcover

Garden WritingGeneral GardeningGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1324105836
ISBN13: 9781324105831
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Feb 17 2026
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.05
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Nurturing health, hope, and community, gardeners in cities and suburbs are reclaiming lost commons, transforming vacant lots into vibrant plots, turning waste into compost, and recreating what was once the most productive agriculture in recorded human history.

In a history that has been hidden in plain sight, working-class gardeners have consistently played an outsized role. In London, they devised ways to feed themselves when wage labor fell short. In Paris, a superabundance of horse manure in the streets nourished urban gardens that fed two million residents. In Berlin, gardeners built social safety nets for those marginalized by the state. In Washington, DC, African American migrants brought rural traditions of self-provisioning that were later disrupted by urban renewal. In rustbelt Mansfield, Ohio, farming ex-cons grow hope for the city's future. In post-Soviet Estonia, shared gardens became lifelines for survival amid economic upheaval. And in Amsterdam, activists are reclaiming sustainable farming practices in a sinking landscape oversaturated with fertilizers.

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