Friends, When in doubt, please look at the ACGA links - there's a wealth of information listed there, including many hyperlinks to Community Garden studies. Annual membership to help support this free resource available for Pizza and Beer prices ( http://www.communitygarden.org) http://communitygarden.org/links.php#Studies Notes from NYC: I'm back, after this missive, to planting some rescued roses and hollyhocks in DeWitt Clinton Park in NYC.(54th - 52nd Streets, Between 11th & 12th Avenues) It's back to the future, here, really, because this was the site of the famous DeWitt Clinton Farm Garden ( a children's community garden from the turn of the 19th/20th Century.) The DeWitt Clinton Park Conservancy is bringing back this garden site, right next to the docks, for the people of the City of New York. If you're in Manhattan this July 4th, the Clinton Community Garden ( located on 48th Between 9th & 10th Avenues) will be holding it's annual 4th of July Picnic. Bring a dish, a six pack, some soda, or a couple of bucks to drop in the bucket. The de rigeur franks and hot dogs, flags and good feeling ( along with full summer perennial spendor) is provided by the garden. Hope to see you there! The Liz Christy Garden ( Bowery/2nd Avenue and East Houston Street) is getting ready to open after a trying time living next to a construction site. Looking around, a week ago, while helping set the foundations for the renovated turtle pond) its survival amazes, the Norway Pine and Cherry Tree (planted by the ACGA's Tessa Huxley, year back) and so many splendid perennials the bones of this truly amazing garden. If you see anyone inside the garden, be sure you ask to be let in. News from the Bellevue Hospital Sobriety Garden in NYCf: http://www.runninginterference.com/index.htm . Thank you for sending in notes of support , via this website, to help save this endangered Bellevue Hospital community garden. Your letters, calls and e-mails of support, and those of hundreds of others seem to be turning the tide from bulldozing for a parking lot to the survival of this garden created and sustained by substance abusers working, day-by-day, to stay clean. Please keep the pressure on to help keep this essential and beautiful community garden alive for some of NYC's most vulnerable people. See ya later, got more digging and planting to do before I go to work tonight. Best regards, Adam Honigman
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 01:47:36 EDT Subject: [cg] community_garden values to community Dear community garden friends, here are a few references on this topic there are a bunch of articles like this...write if you want more references jm embry sustainable communities Lexington, KY Suggested Citation Been, Vicki and Voicu, Ioan, "The Effect of Community Gardens on Neighboring Property Values" (March 2006). NYU, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 06-09 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=889113 ****************** Recent Publications Articles from the Human-Environment Research Laboratory Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences ________________________________________ The following articles are part of the work we have conducted in the Human-Environment Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois; Frances E. Kuo and William Sullivan, Directors. The citations for these articles are: Brunson, L., Kuo, F.E., & Sullivan, W.C. (2001). Resident appropriation of defensible space in urban public housing: Implications for safety and community. Environment & Behavior, 33(5), 626-652. Coley, R.L., Kuo, F.E., & Sullivan, W.C. (1997). Where does community grow? The social context created by nature in urban public housing. Environment & Behavior, 29(4), 468-492. Kuo, F.E. (2001). Coping with poverty: Impacts of environment and attention in the inner city. Environment & Behavior, 33(1), 5-34. Kuo, F.E., Bacaicoa, M., & Sullivan, W.C. (1998).Transforming inner-city neighborhoods: Trees, sense of safety, and preference. Environment & Behavior, 30(1), 28-59. Kuo, F.E. & Sullivan W.C. (2001). Aggression and violence in the inner city: Impacts of environment via mental fatigue. Environment & Behavior, 33(4), 543-571. Kuo, F.E. & Sullivan W.C. (2001) Environment and crime in the inner city: Does vegetation reduce crime? Environment & Behavior, 33(3), 343-367. Kuo, F.E., Sullivan, W.C., Coley, R.L., & Brunson, L. (1998). Fertile ground for community: Inner-city neighborhood common spaces. American Journal of Community Psychology, 26(1), 823-851. Kweon, B.S., Sullivan, W.C., & Wiley, A. (1998). Green common spaces and the social integration of inner-city older adults. Environment & Behavior, 30(6), 832-858. Miles, I., Sullivan, W.C., & Kuo, F.E. (1998). Ecological restoration volunteers: The benefits of participation. Urban Ecology, 2(1), 27-41. Miles, I., Sullivan, W.C., & Kuo, F.E. (2000). Psychological benefits of volunteering for restoration projects. Ecological Restoration, 18(4), 218-227. Sullivan, W.C. (1993). A yearning for conservation: The conflict between citizen attitudes and economic development. In E. Arias and M. Gross (Eds.) Equitable and Sustainable Habitats. EDRA, Oklahoma City, 50-55. Sullivan, W.C. (1996). Cluster housing at the rural-urban fringe: The search for adequate and satisfying places to live. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 13(4), 291-309. Sullivan, W.C. (in press). Neighborhood landscapes, democracy, and community. To appear in Landscape Journal. Sullivan, W.C. (1994). Perceptions of the rural-urban fringe: Citizen preferences for natural and developed settings. Landscape and Urban Planning, 29, 85-101. Sullivan, W.C., Kuo, F.E., & Prabhu, M. (1996). Assessing the impact of environmental impact statements on citizens. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 16(3), 171-182. Sullivan, W.C., Kuo, F.E., & Prabhu, M. (1997). Communicating with citizens: The power of photosimulations and simple editing. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 17(3), 295-310. Taylor, A.F., Kuo, F.E. & Sullivan, W.C. (2001). Coping with ADD: The surprising connection to green play settings. Environment & Behavior, 33(1), 54-77. Taylor, A.F., Kuo, F.E., & Sullivan, W.C. (in press). Views of nature and self-discipline: Evidence from inner city children. To appear in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. Taylor, A.F., Wiley, A., Kuo, F.E. & Sullivan, W.C. (1998). Growing up in the Inner City: Green Spaces as Places to Grow. Environment & Behavior, 30(1), 3-27. Voigt, T.B., Fermanian, T.W., & Sullivan, W.C. (1998). Selecting Kentucky Bluegrass cultivars. Crop Science, 38(4), 1035-1041. ________________________________________ Back to HERL homepage ********************************************* What Good Is Community Greening? Research Supports All Those Common Sense Answers You've Been Using for Years -- but There Is Still More to Learn. By David Malakoff People-Plant Interactions | Background Theories | How Individuals Respond Plants and Communities | Building Communities | "Greenlining" | More Data ************************************************ ENVIRONMENT AND CRIME IN THE INNER CITY Does Vegetation Reduce Crime? FRANCES E. KUO is an assistant professor and codirector of the Human-Environment Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on attention, defensible space, and novice-friendly information. WILLIAM C. SULLIVAN is an associate professor and codirector of the Human- Environment Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on the psychological and social benefits of urban nature and citizen participation in environmental decision making. ABSTRACT: Although vegetation has been positively linked to fear of crime an ________________________________________ In a message dated 6/30/2006 1:02:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subj: community_garden digest, Vol 1 #2472 - 3 msgs > Date:6/30/2006 1:02:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Received from Internet: > > > > > Send community_garden mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the web, visit > https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of community_garden digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. RE: Re: Social Value of Community Gardens (Nadel-Klein, Jane H) > 2. australia (Elvira) > 3. Re: australia ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Subject: RE: [cg] Re: Social Value of Community Gardens > Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:13:07 -0400 > From: "Nadel-Klein, Jane H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Julie Filapek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > A student thesis in anthropology from Mt. Holyoke College, "Returning to Our > Roots: The Search for Meaning Through Community Gardens in Holyoke, MA." > Nicole Fabricant. 1999. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Julie Filapek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wed 2/20/2002 2:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [cg] Re: Social Value of Community Gardens > > I am also looking for studies that have examined the > impacts of gardens on their neighborhoods - beyond > what I've found on the ACGA and CityFarmer websites. > Does anyone know of any local studies that haven't > been widely published? > > I will be working on a research project in > Minneapolis/St.Paul to study peoples' perceptions of > the values of community gardens to neighborhoods - > from both gardener and non-gardener perspectives. > > Thanks for any suggestions -- > > Julie Filapek > ______________________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find > out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > > To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:48:46 -0700 > From: Elvira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [cg] australia > > Hi, > > Are you interested in studies from Australia? My friend is doing her thesis > on this topic, I could put you in touch... > > Elvira > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:23:00 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [cg] australia > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The ACGA is always interested in community garden studies. Please go to the > ACGA website for contacts, etc. > > http://www.communitygarden.org > > Best regards, > Adam Honigman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elvira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:48:46 -0700 > Subject: [cg] australia > > > Hi, > > Are you interested in studies from Australia? My friend is doing her thesis > on > this topic, I could put you in touch... > > Elvira > > > ______________________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's > > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find > out > how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > > To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out AOL.com today. 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