The plot thickens

Gallery: As the installation wound down, volunteers rested in the log circle in the Schoenherrs' transformed front yard in Woodbury. They are, from left, Aaron Merrill, Krug Mojsilov, Ashley Duffalo, Masami Kawazato and Bartholomew Ryan.

Gallery: Volunteers Laura Bigger, left, and Bridget Mendel spread hay on the new plantings.

Gallery: Discarded branches repurposed as trellises leaned against the side of the Schoenherrs' garage.

Gallery: Artist Fritz Haeg, standing with the white hat, gave volunteers instructions for the final push.

Gallery: A compost pile in the Schoenherrs' front yard made out of repurposed shipping pallets.

Gallery: Leah Widerski, who lives across the street from the Schoenherrs, watered the children's garden.

Gallery: The new edible landscape covers the entire front yard, which was formerly a traditional grass lawn.

Gallery: Even after the entire yard was planted, there were still some leftover plants after the "Edible Estates" installation.

Gallery: Leah Widerski, left, and Kristin Beardsley carried a flat of plants into the Schoenherrs' house.

Gallery: Anna Bierbrauer, a landscape architect and residency coordinator, directed Phi Lai, left, and Christy Meyer.

Gallery: Andrea Schoenherr, John and Catherine's daughter, watered new plantings.

Gallery: Garden supplies used during the installation.

Gallery: Artist Fritz Haeg worked on the installation of the "Edible Estates" landscape makeover.

Gallery: Catherine Schoenherr hauled a bag of leaves from a neighbor's house to use as mulch for the new plantings in her front yard.

Gallery: Catherine and John Schoenherr will tend the Edible Estates makeover, with help from their grown children, Aaron and Andrea.