عنوان

Public garden management /

(Number (ISBN

0470532130 (cloth)

(Number (ISBN

9780470532133 (cloth)

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Title Proper

Public garden management /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

[compiled by] Donald A. Rakow, Sharon A. Lee.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Hoboken, N.J. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

John Wiley & Sons,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2011.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 385 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

25 cm.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Public gardens and their significance -- What is a public garden? -- The history and significance of public gardens -- The emerging garden -- Critical issues in starting a public garden -- The Process of organizing a new garden -- Land acquisition -- Designing for plants and people -- Administrative functions -- Staffing and personnel management -- Volunteer recruitment and management -- Budgeting and financial planning -- Fund-raising and membership development -- Earned income opportunities -- Facilities and infrastructure -- Grounds management and security -- Programmatic functions -- Public gardens and their communities : the value of outreach -- Formal eduction for students, teachers, and youth at public gardens -- Continuing, professional, and higher education -- Interpreting gardens to visitors -- Evaluation of garden programming and planning -- Public relations and marketing communications -- Collections management -- Research at public gardens -- Conservation practices at public gardens -- Long-term initiatives -- A strategic approach to leadership and management -- Associations and partnerships -- Facility expansion -- The shape of gardens to come -- App. A : Factors in the development and management of Canadian public gardens -- App. B : The importance of plant exploration today -- App. C : Herbaria -- App. D : Public garden archives -- App. E : The library in a public garden -- App. F : Horticultural therapy and public gardens.

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Gardening.

Gardens-- Management.

Public spaces.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Lee, Sharon A.,1944-

Rakow, Donald Andrew,1951-

Date of Transaction

20121211110004.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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