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Author:

Hou, Jeffrey, 1967-

Title:

Greening cities, growing communities : learning from Seattle's urban community gardens / Jeffrey Hou, Julie M. Johnson, and Laura J. Lawson.

Publisher:

Landscape Architecture Foundation in association with University of Washington Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

ix, 221 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Community gardens--Seattle.--Seattle.
Urban gardening--Seattle.--Seattle.

Other Authors:

Johnson, Julie, 1962-
Lawson, Laura J., 1966-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Community gardens in America -- Making and sustaining a community garden -- Seattle model: local activism and institutional support -- Interbay P-Patch -- Thistle P-Patch -- Danny Woo International District Community Garden -- Bradner Gardens Park -- Marra Farm -- Magnuson Community Garden -- Expressions and challenges of sustainability -- Designing and supporting urban community gardens as hybrid public space -- Visions of urban community gardens: people, communities, and cities.

Series:

Land and community design case study series

ISBN:

0295989289 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780295989280 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)310714508

LCCN:

2009005341

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)