Kategoria BISAC: Gardening >> Urban & Community

Although there are thousands of community gardens across North America, only Seattle and a few other cities include them in their urban development plans. While the conditions and experiences in Seattle may be unique, the city's programs offer insights and lessons for other cities and communities. Greening Cities, Growing Communities examines:

-- Planning and design strategies that support the development of urban community gardens as sustainable places for education and recreation

-- Approaches to design processes, construction, and stewardship that utilize volunteer...

New to living and gardening in Philadelphia, Sharon White begins a journey through the landscape of the city, past and present, in "Vanished Gardens." In prose now as precise and considered as the paths in a parterre, now as flowing and lyrical as an Olmsted vista, White explores Philadelphia's gardens as a part of the city's ecosystem and animates the lives of individual gardeners and naturalists working in the area around her home.

In one section of the book, White tours the gardens of colonial botanist John Bartram; his wife, Ann; and their son, writer and naturalist William. Other...

Maintaining and keeping the house clean is an essential job, but considering there are all these products and how-to in the marketplace, it may be confusing to understand what's best. 101 Non-Toxic DIY Hints & Cleaning Tips offer a collection of Earth-friendly tips for around the house. These many tips, both time-tested and money-saving, range from cleaning, stain removal, odor removal and clever laundry ideas.

Organized by chapters, the book shows how ordinary,...

Part engaging conversation, part comprehensive fieldwork, Growing a Life demonstrates just how influential school and community gardening programs can be for adolescents. Readers follow author Illene Pevec as she travels from rural Colorado to inner New York City, and from agrarian New Mexico to urban Oakland, California, to study remarkable youth gardening programs for at-risk teens. Expressive candid interviews with more than eighty students, substantiated by relevant neuroscience research and a framework of positive psychology, explain the life-altering physical and emotional...