for example, consciously linked park designs to mental “vigor”
and physical “uplift.
” This roundtable will explore the breadth
of involvement of landscape designers working to improve the
health of the public.
Presentations are scheduled to be given by
Linda Collie (University of Maryland), Susan Edwards (Denver
Parks...
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for example, consciously linked park designs to mental “vigor” and physical “uplift. ” This roundtable will explore the breadth of involvement of landscape designers working to improve the health of the public. Presentations are scheduled to be given by Linda Collie (University of Maryland), Susan Edwards (Denver Parks Department), Robert Hoover (Studio L. A. , Maine), Robert Scarfo (Interdisciplinary Design Institute, Washington State University), and Joanne Westphal (Michigan State University). Early registration is recommended; for more information, write to Roundtables, Studies in Landscape Architecture, Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 32nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Therapeutic Horticulture Conference April 22-24, 1997. The University of Reading, United Kingdom, is sponsoring a three-day course for people interested in using horticulture as a tool in therapeutic, recreational, or training programs. The course will include a look at international organizations and professions, sour
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GARDENING THERAPY Resource List of Articles, Books, Manuals, DVD s, Training Programs and
Professional Associations
To obtain the best results in making all the Links to work properly,
Please use the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser,
or, Download the File as a PDF File, and open the PDF File and Click on the Links.
Thank You.
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` GARDENING THERAPY Resource List of Articles, Books, Manuals, DVD s, Training Programs and Professional Associations To obtain the best results in making all the Links to work properly, Please use the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser, or, Download the File as a PDF File, and open the PDF File and Click on the Links. Thank You. If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser, Please Download the File as a PDF File, and open the PDF File and Click on the Links. Thank You. TOPICS COVERED: Horticulture Therapy Healing Gardens Sensory Gardens Garden Therapy Garden Therapy for the Disabled Garden Therapy for the Mentally Challenged Garden Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease Garden Therapy for Depression Garden Therapy for Autistic Children Garden Therapy for the Blind and the Visually Impaired Garden Therapy for Hospitals Garden Therapy for Nursing Homes Garden Therapy for Seniors Garden Therapy for the Handicapped Garden Therapy for Prisons, Jails and Correction Facilities Garden Thera
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ORGANIC GARDENING TECHNOLOGIES
400% increase in your garden s productivity
By combining various technologies below it is possible to increase your garden s output by 400%
For instance, Effective Micro-Organisms properly combined with Volcanic Rock Dust can increase
Productivity by 200 percent to 400 percent.
In Thailand, soil...
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` ORGANIC GARDENING TECHNOLOGIES 400% increase in your garden s productivity By combining various technologies below it is possible to increase your garden s output by 400% For instance, Effective Micro-Organisms properly combined with Volcanic Rock Dust can increase Productivity by 200 percent to 400 percent. In Thailand, soil properly treated increased productivity by over 400 percent. If the above methods were combined with biochar, worm composting, and worm tea the results might go up. Charles Wilber, author of the book, How to Grow World Record Tomatoes, increased the productivity of his garden by 700% by using a combination of simple organic methods. His methods could be combined with above technologies to obtain great results. Note, Charles Wilber has the Guinness Book of World Records for tomatoes production, which he obtained by using his simple organic methods. Further increase in productivity might be obtained by combining the above methods with many other techniques l
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TEACHING MILLIONS ~ Robert Raikes
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Robert Raikes was the forty-four year old publisher of the Gloucester Journal when he took a Sunday ride into the
country looking for a man he could hire as a gardener.
The sun was bright, the air heavy, and just a hint of breeze
stirred up the dust of the road on that typical English morning in...
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TEACHING MILLIONS ~ Robert Raikes ~ Robert Raikes was the forty-four year old publisher of the Gloucester Journal when he took a Sunday ride into the country looking for a man he could hire as a gardener. The sun was bright, the air heavy, and just a hint of breeze stirred up the dust of the road on that typical English morning in 1781. The outgoing Raikes was well known in his community, not only for his strong, often biting editorial campaigns but also for his wealth. The publisher who had become rich the old fashioned way, he had inherited a fortune from his father. Yet rather than sink in a world of debauchery, using his inheritance as a means of living the high life, this husband and father had employed his resources to serve the underprivileged in the area. Nowhere had his concern and compassion been more evident than when he led a fight for the rights of prisoners at the local jail. The editorial driven battle had initially caused a drop in his paper s circulation because
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Cultivate Fact Sheet 3: Vertical Gardening
Aileen Westbrook © 25 February 2007
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Cultivate
Fact Sheet 3
VERTICAL GARDENING
What is vertical gardening?
Vertical gardening simply means exploiting the potential of the vertical plane to grow
plants, (something trees do naturally) instead of just the horizontal plane, which is...
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Cultivate Fact Sheet 3: Vertical Gardening Aileen Westbrook © 25 February 2007 Page 1 of 6 Cultivate Fact Sheet 3 VERTICAL GARDENING What is vertical gardening? Vertical gardening simply means exploiting the potential of the vertical plane to grow plants, (something trees do naturally) instead of just the horizontal plane, which is the traditionally ground of the garden. Think of the mythical Hanging Gardens of Babylon, verdant & graced with luscious vines, and cascading foliage, espaliered fruit trees. In practice, vertical gardening involves using fences, walls, pergolas, arches & trellises to support climbing & hanging plants. Not only are vertical garden elements attractive, they bring plants parts within easy reach. Vertical structures (stakes, trellises) can be easily inserted into ground level & raised garden beds, as well as planter boxes, containers & window boxes. Hanging baskets can be suspended from pergolas and house eaves at desirable heights. A pulley system can be
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Route To:
Volume 8 Issues 1&2
People-Plant
Council News
Linking Horticulture with Human Well-being
In This Issue
Plant and People Interactions
¨Upcoming Events
¨Foregone Affairs
¨Publications
¨Abstracts
¨Internet Information
The International Symposium on Plant and People Interactions in the Human Health and the Quality of Life...
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Route To: Volume 8 Issues 1&2 People-Plant Council News Linking Horticulture with Human Well-being In This Issue Plant and People Interactions ¨Upcoming Events ¨Foregone Affairs ¨Publications ¨Abstracts ¨Internet Information The International Symposium on Plant and People Interactions in the Human Health and the Quality of Life was held May, 1998 in Seoul, Korea. The Symposium was sponsored by the Korean Society for Plants, People and Environment. Speakers at the event included: B. H. Kwack, Department of Horticultural Science, Korea University; Diane Relf, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech; E. Matsuo, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University; and, Ronald Wood, Department of Environmental Science, University of Technology. Proceedings were published. For more information: call: 02-3290-3044 or email: wksim@ kuccnx. korea. ac. kr Spring/Summer 1998 The People-Plant Symposium in Sydney, Australia was a great success! Watch for reports and abstracts in the next issue. Inte
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We ve added to the web site.
Come visit:
http://www.
hort.
vt.
edu/human/human.
html
People-Plant
Council News
Linking Horticulture with Human Well-Being
Volume 7 Summer 1997 Issue 2
Route To:
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PPC Forms Working Group
The People-Plant Council has recently formed...
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We ve added to the web site. Come visit: http://www. hort. vt. edu/human/human. html People-Plant Council News Linking Horticulture with Human Well-Being Volume 7 Summer 1997 Issue 2 Route To: _______ ___________________________ _______ ___________________________ PPC Forms Working Group The People-Plant Council has recently formed the Working Group for International Collaborative Research. The function of this group will be to facilitate the development of research teams around the world to address shared issues or areas of research under the umbrella of human issues in horticulture. The initial membership consists of individuals affiliated with departments of horticulture or plant sciences who are conducting research to explore perceived and physical response to the maintained environment and to environmental quality, youth development through integration of horticulture in the classroom, horticulture as a therapeutic tool, and similar topics. The first meeting will be held at Vi
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Linking Food and Transportation: A New Opportunity
Millions of Americans, especially people with low incomes, the elderly, disabled, and
other transit-dependent populations, have difficulty accessing fresh, nutritious food.
Food insecurity and hunger have stubbornly persisted, even through periods of economic
growth.
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1 Linking Food and Transportation: A New Opportunity Millions of Americans, especially people with low incomes, the elderly, disabled, and other transit-dependent populations, have difficulty accessing fresh, nutritious food. Food insecurity and hunger have stubbornly persisted, even through periods of economic growth. 1 Rates of diabetes, obesity and other diet-related diseases are on the rise. Meanwhile, the majority of the nation’s farmers struggle to stay in business and on the land. They face challenges in finding transportation options, markets, and fair prices for the food they grow. Transportation and land use policies attuned to the nation’s food security needs can build bridges between family farmers, food retailers, and consumers. Transportation policies and programs can make it easier for low-income families, the aged, and others with mobility challenges and particular nutrition needs to access supermarkets, farmers’ markets, and other sources of affordable, healthy foo
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Project Report: Church of Our Saviour
Community Garden
Two members of The Church of Our Saviour on Jim Miller Road, Rebecca Smith and
Jack Boedecker, started dreaming about a garden almost two years ago.
Their dream was
kindled during a GICD presentation sponsored by Fr.
Ed Sholty, who was then priest at
the church.
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Project Report: Church of Our Saviour Community Garden Two members of The Church of Our Saviour on Jim Miller Road, Rebecca Smith and Jack Boedecker, started dreaming about a garden almost two years ago. Their dream was kindled during a GICD presentation sponsored by Fr. Ed Sholty, who was then priest at the church. (see GICD Grows People! on page 2). The community garden idea germinated for many months and, with the guidance of GICD, a garden plot was designed early this year and a cover crop planted. At that point, progress almost stopped due to a lack of gardeners. GICD again helped out by connecting the church with another gardener, Bob Curry, adding forty yards of compost, cottonseed meal, dried molasses, donated plants and seeds, and a large dose of volunteer labor for a work day in early May. By June, the crops were beginning to mature and donations were starting for the Southeast Dallas Emergency Food Bank. Still, the garden was understaffed with volunteer gardeners. T
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Restoration, reconciliation, and reconnecting with
nature nearby
James R.
Miller*
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and Department of Landscape Architecture,
Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3221, USA
A R T I C L E I N F O
Article history:
Received 16 December 2004
Received in revised form
28 June 2005...
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Restoration, reconciliation, and reconnecting with nature nearby James R. Miller* Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and Department of Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3221, USA A R T I C L E I N F O Article history: Received 16 December 2004 Received in revised form 28 June 2005 Accepted 4 July 2005 Available online 18 October 2005 Keywords: Biotic homogenization Grassland birds Midwestern United States Habitat restoration Urbanization Reconciliation ecology Prairie A B S T R A C T Biotic homogenization is in many ways a function of spatial and temporal scale. Another aspect of this phenomenon that perhaps receives somewhat less attention is related to ‘‘the scale of human experience’’, particularly in the way that people view homogenization. Here, I examine the relationship between scale and efforts to reverse the loss of native species using two case studies in the Midwestern U. S. Both of these are focused on the restoration of pr
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