| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Children and Nature; Chapter 3: Gardens and Community; Chapter 4: Public Gardens and Human Well-Being; Chapter 5: Horticultural Displays at Zoos and Amusement Parks; Chapter 6: Prison Horticulture; Chapter 7: Horticultural Therapy with Special Populations; Chapter 8: Urban Greening; Chapter 9: Local Food; Chapter 10: Volunteerism; Back Cover |
| Summary |
Explores the importance of horticulture to the lives, health, and well-being of urban populations. It includes contributions from experts in research and practice from across the United States, discussing the history, importance, and benefits of selected topics in urban horticulture. Examines types of public and private communities as well as state and federal programs to promote urban horticulture, including their history, management and administration, programming, evaluation, funding, and the benefits they provide to individuals and communities. It also reviews past and current research on school, community, public, and prison gardens |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban gardening.
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Horticulture.
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horticulture.
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GARDENING -- Essays.
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GARDENING -- Reference.
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GARDENING -- Vegetables.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
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Horticulture
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Urban gardening
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Waliczek, Tina Marie, editor.
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Zajicek, Jayne M., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781482261004 |
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1482261006 |
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