“Eat The Lawn,” Carleton’s first edible landscape, began in spring 2009 as a studio art independent study project by Katie Blanchard ’10. It was inspired in part by a campus visit and lecture from Fritz Haeg, an artist who transforms American suburban lawns into “Edible Estates.”
In summer 2014, Eat the Lawn moved to a new home in front of Myers Hall. Due to construction in Myers in summer 2017, the garden was not maintained throughout the 2017 growing season.