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Original Source: Urban Domestic Gardens: The Effects of Human Interventions on Garden Composition.
Private domestic gardens contribute substantially to the biodiversity of urban areas and benefit human health and well-being. We previously reported a study of 267 gardens across five cities in the United Kingdom in which variation in geographical and climatic factors had little bearing on the richness, diversity and composition of plant species. We therefore hypothesise that garden management is an important factor in determining garden characteristics. Here, from the same sample of gardens, we investigate...
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Finding Chicago's food gardens with Google Earth
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Urban agriculture is promoted as a strategy for dealing with food insecurity, stimulating economic development, an...
Community gardens may produce more than vegetables
People who participate in community gardening have a significantly lower body mass index—as well as lower odds of being overweight or obese—than do their non-gardening neighbors. Researchers at th...
Health Tip: Work Your Muscles While Gardening
-- Gardening is an enjoyable way to get physical activity and tone your muscles. The American Council on Exercise suggests how to tone up while working in the garden: Start off slowly to avoid sorene...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Community gardens have long been thought to convey numerous health and social benefits to those who maintain them, but these benefits have never be...
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Study suggests expanded concept of 'urban watershed'
(USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station) Within two decades, 60 percent of the world's population will live in cities, and coping with the resulting urban drinking water and sanitation issues...
Hydroponic gardening initiative for Boston youths blooms with NSF grant
(Boston College) A $250,000 NSF grant will allow Boston College professor of education Mike Barnett, the Salvation Army's Kroc Center and the Boston STEM Garden Initiative to launch Boston's largest y...
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Community Gardening: A Parsimonious Path to Individual, Community, and Environmental Resilience.
The goal of this paper is to introduce community gardening as a promising method of furthering well-being and resilience on multiple levels: individual, social group, and natural environment. We exami...
Cities around the world are undergoing rapid urbanization, resulting in the growth of informal settlements or slums. These informal settlements lack basic services, including sanitation, and are assoc...
Urban Domestic Gardens: The Effects of Human Interventions on Garden Composition.
Private domestic gardens contribute substantially to the biodiversity of urban areas and benefit human health and well-being. We previously reported a study of 267 gardens across five cities in the Un...
Four user surveys were performed at recycle centres (RCs) in the Municipalities of Aarhus and Copenhagen, Denmark, to get general information on compost use and to examine the substitution of peat, fe...
