Gardening

Lush urban community garden with raised beds in dense New York City neighborhood with brick apartment buildings in background.

State Bill Protects New York’s Community Gardens

The legislation recognizes community gardens as vital urban spaces and an effective weapon against the impacts of climate change on cities.

July 28, 2023 - The New York Times

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Milwaukee's Victory Garden Initiative Turned a Big Idea Into 3,000 Gardens

An urban gardening and public health success story emerges from Milwaukee.

March 16, 2017 - Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Public Gardens Provide Refuge for California's Alienated Communities

Patricia Leigh Brown looks at the community gardens funded by the California Mental Health Services Act of 2004, which help to heal disadvantaged refugee communities less inclined to use formal mental health treatments.

May 29, 2013 - The New York Times

Agrisaurus: An App for Growing Food

A new suite of tools to help you design, plan, and manage your plot is looking for investors on Kickstarter.

October 5, 2012 - Inhabitat

18 Unusual Examples of Landscape Architecture

Popular Mechanics features a slideshow of fantastic examples of landscape architecture, from Scotland's Garden of Cosmic Speculation to the Growth Chamber on the International Space Station.

August 13, 2010 - Popular Mechanics

Hooking Up Gardeners and Backyards

Wait times for a plot of land in one of Santa Monica's community gardens have grown so long that officials are instituting a new program to connect gardeners with homeowners willing to share their backyards.

April 14, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

The Death of the Lawn

More and more lawns across the country are getting axed and replaced with gardens.

September 20, 2008 - The Oregonian

Guerrilla Gardeners

Guerrilla gardening- planting flowers and edibles in untended pockets of cities- is a growing phenomenon. This article looks at a group of Toronto residents who've turned ugly medians into lush gardens.

July 20, 2008 - CTV Toronto

Mow Your Lawn -- Or Else

Canton, Ohio residents and property owners who don't pay close enough attention to their lawns could face jail time. A new law would apply to repeat offenders and to lawns and weeds growing higher than eight inches.

June 4, 2008 - Canton Repository

Greening Streets

This piece from The Tyee offers ideas about how to recreate streets into lively public green spaces.

March 26, 2008 - The Tyee

Growth in Gardening

Nearly 100 million American households have tended a garden or lawn since 2005, a significant increase from years past. According to estimates, much of the rise is due to younger adults getting out in their gardens.

February 29, 2008 - Publishers Weekly

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