Greening the City Streets: The Story of Community Gardens - Hardcover

Huff, Barbara A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0899197418 ISBN 13: 9780899197418

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1990

Synopsis

A photo essay tracing the urban gardening movement in the United States, with a special focus on the Sixth Street and Avenue B Garden in Manhattan

About this title

From School Library Journal:

The community gardens in vacant lots scattered throughout New York City are backdrops for a variety of activities other than gardening, from displays of arts projects to jugglers and musical performances. Huff's enthusiasm for these gardens is apparent in the positive tone of her book. In a casual style, she presents a clear, well-organized description of the gardens, including a chapter on their history and their current status and problems. Although the book is well written and organized, it will have limited appeal. The color photographs are crisp, but lack distinctive subjects or themes, making them more like snapshots than illustrations; many of them are of foliage, with or without urban buildings in the background. Represented in the photographs are Oriental, Afro-American, and Hispanic children. Other books exist on gardening for children, but this may well be the first that discusses city gardens. --Denise Krell, New York Public Library
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0899197418
• ISBN 13: 9780899197418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 61
• Illustrator: Ziebel Peter