Re: Requesting Info on Ethnic Gardening

D* W*

I myself spent some time about three years 1994-1997 stduing casitas
(Puerto Rican gardens in NYCand do have a paper I've written on them.
It was published in the EDRA proceedings 1998. There are a few other
papers I've found on on Vietnamese gardens and one on Mong gardens in New
Orleans. Richard Westmacot has also written a book on Afro American
gardens though the name escapes me.  Thats what I've found and while its a
fascinating subject much more needs to be done in this area.  Let me know
if there's any way I can help.

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 Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Michael J Simsik wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> We are working on a program that seeks to teach and engage high school
> students in an informal science education program that uses hands-on
> educational experiences within urban community gardens.  An important
> aspect of this program is learning about the gardening practices of people
> from different countries and ethnic groups.  We are searching for printed
> material that highlights the planting practices of people from different
> places/groups so that we could provide our students with examples of how
> these practices differ.  However, we are having trouble coming up with much
> information.  One search (on none other than Amazon.com) revealed a book
> entitled: "Growing Home: Stories of Ethnic Gardening" by Susan Davis Price
> and John Gregor.  Would anybody be able to suggest other sources of
> information from which we could upon to share with our students?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Michael J. Simsik, Team Coordinator
> Rosalyn E. McMullin, Community Educator
> Emily Accamando and Danielle J. Nicholson, Iterns
> Environmental Revitalization & Management Issues Area
> Cornell University Cooperative Extension - NYC Programs
> 16 East 34th Street, 8th Floor
> New York, NY  10016-4328
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> Web: http://www.cce.cornell.edu/nyc/
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