Re: Graduate Studies of Community Gardens

**Daniel Winterbottom n*@u.washington.edu**

Jacqueline:  I an a faculty member at he University of Washington and
several years ago did an exensive study of Castia gardens, a type of
community garden based on traditional Puerto Rican Community gardens. I
continue to work with many gardens here in Seattle and have been coninuing
to study cultural expression through community gardening.  There are many
others who have written on CG's but I don't know of a program focused on
them. Sam Bass Warner, a professor emeritis at Brandis U has authored sevral articles and a book on community gardens.
There are also countless thesises done on various aspects of community gardens
and Amanda Edwards at ACGA has been compiling most of the research to
date.

All the best Daniel

Associate Professor
Daniel Winterbottom Department of Landscape Architecture
University of Washington
Box 355734
Seattle, WA 98195-5734
Phone 206 616 1876
Fax 206 685 4486

On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Jacqueline Venner wrote:

>
> I am a senior in college with a Horticulture major and a minor in Sociology.
> I'm very interested in community gardens as I see them as an ideal intersection
> of these two fields, as well as an ideal solution to many problems in urban
> areas, and I am hoping to go to graduate school to get a degree in probably
> Sociology.  Doing this would give me a broader understanding of what it is that
> community gardens need to accomplish and how they can do so.
>
> Does anyone know of a program or faculty person in Soc, or even in Hort, that
> studies community gardens?  I welcome any feedback or thoughts on my proposed
> plan of study as well, as I am still trying to etch out just what it is that I
> want my plan to be.
>
> Thanks so much,
> Jacqueline Venner
>
>
>
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