City bountiful: a century of community gardening in America

Abstract

List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction. Garden Patches in American Cities Part I. Early Garden Programs, 1890s to 1917 Introduction 1. An Alternative to Charity: The Vacant-Lot Cultivation Association 2. The School Garden Movement 3. The Goodness of Gardening: Gardens as Civic Improvement Part II. National Urban Garden Campaigns, 1917 to 1945 Introduction 4. Patriotic Volunteerism: The War Garden Campaign 5. An Antidote for Idleness: Garden Programs of the 1930s Depression 6. Victory Gardens of World War II Part III. Gardening for Community, 1945 to the Present Introduction 7. The Community Garden Movement of the 1970s and 1980s 8. Community Greening: Urban Garden Programs from 1990 to the Present 9. A Look at Gardens Today Conclusion. Sustaining a City Bountiful Notes Index