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Urban Horticulture Book List

The following selected materials are in the collection of the Elisabeth C. Miller Horticulture Library and are available for use within the library by the general public. Catalog numbers indicate the location within the Miller Library and may differ from other library systems.

Special thanks to the individuals and organizations who have contributed these materials to the library.


SB 454.3 .W5 A33
Adams, Lowell W.; Dove, Louise E. WILDLIFE RESERVES AND CORRIDORS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. National Institute for Urban Wildlife, 1989.

SB 454.3 .S53 A45
Allen, Oliver E. GARDENING WITH THE NEW SMALL PLANTS. Houghton-Mifflin, 1987.

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Allen, Oliver E. "Seattle's New Center for Urban Horticulture." HORTICULTURE. June 1986. Vol. 64 (6): pp. 20-24.

PER
Bassuk, Nina. "Urban Horticulture - The Science of Greening our Cities." CHRONICA HORTICULTURAE. September 1987. Vol. 27 (3): pp. 40-41.

PER
Beatty, Russell. "Urban Horticulture: New Dimensions & New Directions." THE MORTON ARBORETUM QUARTERLY. Summer 1982. Vol. 18 (2): pp. 25-32.

SETS
Bonham, Blaire. "Urban Horticulture Through the Philadelphia Green." LONGWOOD PROGRAM SEMINARS, University of Delaware. 1983. Vol. 15: pp. 36-38.

SB 457.3 .H36
Boston Urban Gardeners. A HANDBOOK OF COMMUNITY GARDENING. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982.

PER
Brooklyn Botanic Garden. "The Town & City Gardener." PLANTS & GARDENS, V. 48, no. 2. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1992.

S 598 .U73
Bullock, Peter J.; Gregory, P.J. SOILS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991.

SB 473 .C65
Colby, Deirdre. CITY GARDENING. Simon & Schuster, 1987.

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"Community Gardening." BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN RECORD, PLANTS & GARDENS. Spring 1979. Vol. 35 (1).

SB 472.7 .U72
Cooper-Hewitt Museum. URBAN OPEN SPACES, rev. ed. The Smithsonian, 1979.

QH 541.5 .C6 D68
Douglas, Ian. THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. Edward Arnold, Ltd., 1983.

PER
Dwyer, John F. "Looking at the Economic Value of Urban Plants." AMERICAN NURSERYMAN. June 15, 1984. Vol. 159 (12): pp. 69-78.

QH 541.5 .C6 E44
Emery, Malcolm. PROMOTING NATURE IN CITIES AND TOWNS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE. Ecological Parks Trust, Croom Helm, 1986.

SB 454.3 .U7 E93
Evans, Hazel. THE CITY GARDEN. Futura, 1985.

SB 453 .F38
Fawcett, Brian. THE COMPACT GARDEN: DISCOVERING THE PLEASURES OF PLANTING IN A SMALL SPACE. Camden East, ONT: Camden House, 1992.

QH 541.5 .C6 F55
Flink, Charles A.; Searns, Robert M.; and Schwarz, Loring L. GREENWAYS: A GUIDE TO PLANNING, DESIGN, AND DEVELOPMENT. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1993.

SETS
Fox, Tom. "New York City's Open Space System." LONGWOOD PROGRAM SEMINARS, University of Delaware. 1983. Vol. 15: pp. 26-30.

SB 472.7 .F73 1984
Francis, Mark; Cashdan, Lisa; and Paxson, Lynn. COMMUNITY OPEN SPACES: GREENING NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTION AND LAND CONSERVATION. Island Press,

QH 541.5 .C6 G37
Garber, Steven D. THE URBAN NATURALIST. Wiley, 1987.

PER
"Gardening in the Cities." GARDEN. November/December 1985. Vol. 9 (6).

QH 541.5 .C6 H68 SB 475.9 .E53 U84
Hough, Michael. CITY FORM & NATURAL PROCESS: TOWARDS A NEW URBAN VERNACULAR. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984. Hutchinson, Boyd A. USE OF VEGETATION TO AMELIORATE BUILDING MICROCLIMATES: AN ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY CONSERVATION POTENTIALS. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1982.

SB 457.3 .H95
Hynes, H. Patricia. A PATCH OF EDEN: AMERICA'S INNER-CITY GARDENERS. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 1996.

QH 541.5 .C6 J64
Johnston, Jacklyn. NATURE AREAS FOR CITY PEOPLE: A GUIDE TO THE SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY WILDLIFE SITES. Ecology Handbook 14. London: Ecology Unit, 1990.

SB 454.3 .U7 I47
Karnosky, David F.; Karnosky, Sheryl L., eds. IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF URBAN LIFE WITH PLANTS. Proceedings of the June 21-23, 1983 International Symposium on Urban Horticulture, published 1985.

SB 454.3 .U7 L37
Larke, Stan. PLANTS & GARDENS IN TOWNS & CITIES. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Ltd., 1975.

SB 473 .M12
MacCaskey, Michael. AWARD-WINNING SMALL-SPACE GARDENS. Ortho Books, 1979.

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Miller, Lynden B. "Miracle on 104th Street." AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST. February 1987. Vol. 66 (2): pp.14-17.

SB 473 .M55
Miller, Michael. GARDENING IN SMALL SPACES. New York: Putnam, 1983.

SB 454.3 .U7 U725
Mudrak, Louise, et al. URBAN VEGETATION: A REFERENCE FOR NEW YORK COMMUNITIES. Urban Vegetation Project, Cornell University, 1980.

BIBL
National Agricultural Library, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. URBAN AND COMMUNITY GARDENING, 1979-1987. (NAL Quick Bibliography Series, No. QB 8820), Feb. 1988.

BIBL
National Agricultural Library, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. URBAN HORTICULTURE, 1970-1985. (NAL Quick Bibliography Series, No. QB 86-20), Nov. 1985.

QH 541.5 .C6 I57
National Symposium on Urban Wildlife. INTEGRATING MAN AND NATURE IN THE METROPOLITAN ENVIRONMENT. National Institute for Urban Wildlife, 1987.

SETS
Normandy, Philip M. "Effects of Horticulture in the Urban Environment." LONGWOOD PROGRAM SEMINARS, University of Delaware. 1979. Vol. 11: pp. 45-49.

SB 453 .P34
Page, Gill. TOWN GARDENS. Salem House, 1986.

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Pfeiffer, Christina A.; Wott, John A.; and Clark, James R. "Analysis of Landscape Design and Maintenance in Urban Parking Lots." JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE. December 1987. Vol. 5 (4): pp. 188-192.

SB 454.3 .U7 P84
Puma, Joan. THE COMPLETE URBAN GARDENER. New York: Harper & Row, 1985.

SB 472.7 .R3
Rapuano, Michael; Pirone, P.P.; and Wigginton, Brooks. OPEN SPACE IN URBAN DESIGN. Junior League of Cleveland, 1964.

SB 457.3 .S66
Sommers, Larry. THE COMMUNITY GARDEN BOOK. Gardens for All/The National Association for Gardening, 1984.

SB 473 .S86
Strong, Roy. CREATING SMALL GARDENS. Villard Books, 1987.

QK 281 .U72
Sukopp, H.; Hejny, S.; editors. URBAN ECOLOGY: PLANTS AND PLANT COMMUNITIES IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS. The Hague, Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishing, 1990.

SB 418 .T27
Tarrant, David. HIGHRISE HORTICULTURE: A GUIDE TO GARDENING IN SMALL SPACES. Marine on St. Croix, MN: Tew Press, 1989.

PER
Tukey, Harold B., Jr. "Urban Horticulture: Horticulture for Populated Areas." HORTSCIENCE. February 1983. Vol. 18 (1): pp. 11-13.

SB 457.3 .W37
Warner, Sam B. TO DWELL IS TO GARDEN: A HISTORY OF BOSTON'S COMMUNITY GARDENS. Northeastern University Press, 1987.

PER
Wott, John A. "Urban Horticulture." AMERICAN HORTICULTURIST. February 1985. Vol. 64 (2): pp.2.

SB 453 .Y29
Yang, Linda. THE CITY GARDENER'S HANDBOOK. Random House, 1990.

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