| Description |
83 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 79) and index. |
| Summary |
Offers practical tips and techniques for urban gardening and includes an overview of the how and why of the movement. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Hungry cities -- City living -- Food miles -- Pass the potato -- Life on the fringes -- Inner-city deserts -- Food oases in unexpected places -- Security alert -- Part 2. Plant a seed -- Changing the urban landscape -- Ye olde victory garden -- Every available inch -- Digging in -- Small but mighty -- The community garden -- Good eats -- Get growing -- Part 3. Green your city -- Beyond kale in kiddie pools -- Turn down the heat -- Chilly cities -- City chicks -- Does it taste like chicken? -- Swimming uptown -- Not going to waste -- Water harvesting -- Part 4. Your green thumb -- Thinking big -- Be part of a community -- Green transformation -- From Motown to growtown -- Suburban blitz -- The teaching garden -- Garden smarts. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.6 2.0 155740. |
| Subject |
Urban gardening -- Juvenile literature.
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Urban gardening.
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| ISBN |
9781554514250 bound |
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1554514258 bound |
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9781554514243 paperback |
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155451424X paperback |
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