Maija Astikainen's beautiful book explores urban gardens

Date
20 October 2014

When photographer Maija Astikainen met writer Aischa Berg in Madrid back in 2010, the two bonded over their passion for community gardens. In fact so interested were the pair in this phenomenon that they decided to produce a book on the theme and four years later Horticultured Cities was published. This timescale reflects the assiduity with which both Maisha and Aiscah went about their research, and the publication features insights from London, Helsinki and Berlin as well as Madrid.

Designer Rebekka Gröhn was given the task of tying it all together and she too excelled in her task – from the sewn binding and linen covering to the use of light green Colorit paper for the text pages, every detail has been thought through and every decision seems to have been judged perfectly.

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Maija Astikainen/Aisha Berg/Rebekka Gröhn: Horticultured Cities

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Rob Alderson

Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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