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Title: Botanical Gardening


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  • Chapter 13, 14

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Botanical Gardening
  • Objectives
  • To develop greater awareness of gardening and
    responsibilities to their communities
  • To learn about the history of public gardening
    and therapy
  • To learn about the environmental movement
  • To learn about disabilities and civil right
    movements

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Public gardens
  • Purpose is provide a range of services to
    community
  • To educate the public in gardening
  • To have available consulting services
  • To show proper design and function

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Program models
  • Outreach
  • On-site program
  • Direct service contract site
  • Staff training HT training

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One person
  • Program developer
  • Garden curator
  • Project coordinator
  • Materials and supplies chief
  • Marketer
  • Volunteer coordinator
  • Internship supervisor
  • Workshop organizer

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Holden arborteum
  • Mentor, Ohio
  • 3100 acres
  • Serves Cleveland area
  • Albert Holden died in 1913
  • Started in 1931 with 100 acres
  • Many activities/professional training

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http//www.holdenarb.org/
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Minnesota Landscape Arborteum
  • University of Minnesota Dept of horticultural
    science and landscape
  • Established in 1958
  • Serves 27,000 school age kids/year
  • Adult program year round classes
  • Library houses over 10,000 books
  • Research center on prop, breeding, tree
  • Therapeutic Center classes/info

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http//www.arboretum.umn.edu/
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Chicago Botanical Garden
  • Opened in 1965
  • Cook County Forest Preserve District
  • Stimulate and develop interest
  • Appreciate and understand gardening
  • Gardens, plant collections, library
  • Developed in 1977 therapeutic gardens
  • Workshops, classes, seminars

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http//www.chicago-botanic.org/
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Future of public gardening
  • American Association of Arboreta and Botanic
    gardens
  • American Community Gardening Association
  • National Gardening Association

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Lauritzen Gardens
  • http//www.omahabotanicalgardens.org/

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Denver Botanical Garden
  • http//www.botanicgardens.org/pageinpage/home.cfm

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Chapter 14
  • Community Gardening
  • Design, Techniques, Tools

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opportunities
  • Creating community gardens
  • Caring for street trees
  • Reclaiming parks
  • Managing open space
  • Training for community leaders
  • Cultivating youth
  • Sustain interest through events

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Groups served
  • Community and block organizations
  • Target communities
  • Special audiences

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partnerships
  • City and other gov agencies
  • Foundations
  • Corporations
  • universities

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Future of community gardening
  • Greening up communities
  • New communities and proper planting
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