Human perspectives in horticulture

Charles A. Lewis

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Human perspectives in horticulture

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Charles A. Lewis

Year:

1977

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Children, Nature, and the Urban Environment: Proceedings of a Symposium-Fair; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-30. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 187-190

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Abstract

Gardening produces not only vegetables and flowers, but also social and behavioral benefits. In low-income housing sites in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago, gardening programs have resulted in reduced vandalism, new neighborliness, cleaned and painted buildings and streets, and other improvements. The human response to plants, and the qualities of plants that encourage this response, are valuable in the production of humanly satisfying environments.

Parent Publication

Children, nature, and the urban environment: proceedings of a symposium-fair

Citation

Lewis, Charles A. 1977. Human perspectives in horticulture. In: Children, Nature, and the Urban Environment: Proceedings of a Symposium-Fair; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-30. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 187-190