PICTURE DESCRIPTION:
The Garden of Eden Project
The picture that you see in the beginning of this folder is a VISION that can be
manifested by anyone desiring to do so. It is the simplest, the most direct, the most
organic, the most natural, the most picturesque, and the most harmonious EXAMPLE, that
I show, of an ideal environment for human beings!
This picture needs the least amount of explanation, because, as they say, "one
picture is worth a thousand words"! However, I will say a little bit about it: The 5
orange-brown, dome-shaped things are HOUSES, intended for 2 people each; in the
upper-left of the picture is a BASKETBALL COURT; in the upper-right of the picture is a
TENNIS COURT; the oval, blue thing in the upper center of the picture is a POND; the
other 2 blue things that look a little like trees with black and green oval rings around them,
are FOUNTAINS to put moisture into the air, and to run through on a hot summer's day, or
for a relaxing place to sit around, on many days; in the upper-right, between the pond, the
tennis court, the right fountain, and the central dome house, is a GAZEBO (the cylindrical,
brown, cone-shaped structure) for rest, meditation, meals, meetings, etc.; the blue thing
below the left fountain, near the center of the picture is a SMALLER POND; the small
group of circles of bright colors near the bottom left of the picture is a FLOWER
GARDEN; the black, hexagon-shaped structure in the center of the lower-right quadrant of
the picture is a GRAPE ARBOR (with tables and chairs underneath it), as a place for
meals, parties, grape harvest celebrations, etc.; the various green-colored lines within the
very large brown circle (that takes up the entire lower-right quadrant of the picture) are
various types of GRAPE VINES; and finally, the many various green-colored round blobs
with various brown-colored lines under them that you see all over the picture are various
types of FRUIT TREES and NUT TREES.
Vegetables, peanuts, soybeans (& other legumes), grains, melons and berries (not
shown), can be planted between the trees. (While the trees are young they don't cast a
very large shadow on the smaller crops.) Years later, the fruit and nut trees can provide a
much larger proportion of the food. For more detailed information on how to do organic
gardening and farming, there are MANY books on the market and in libraries today (21st
Century), describing many methods. I have listed a few good books below, but don't limit
yourself to just these. Some crop yield information and ripening charts may also be in this
packet. I encourage you to thoroughly research, plan and engineer your own community,
because once you plant a tree, or put up a building, these will likely be there many, many
years!
To see more detailed, partially completed versions of this see: SAMPLE PARCEL
A1; SAMPLE PARCEL B1; SAMPLE PARCEL C1; and SAMPLE PARCEL D1.
Recommended books:
1) "Rodale's Book of Organic Gardening" Rodale Press
2) "Carrots Love Tomatoes" by Louise Riotte
3) "The Owner Built Homestead" by Ken & Barbara Kern