Landscape Gardening at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition

The Archaeology of Gardening at Amache

Introduction During World War II, over 120,000 people of Japanese descent were removed from their homes along the west coast of the United States, and interned in the country’s interior. The internment camps themselves are significant resources for better understanding this pivotal, yet shadowed history. The Granada Relocation Center— better known as Amache—is located in southeastern Colorado. ...

The ` ` Palace of Discovery ' ' at the Paris Exposition of 1937

‘‘Doing’’ Gardening and ‘‘Being’’ at the Allotment Site: Exploring the Benefits of Allotment Gardening for Stress Reduction and Healthy Aging

The purpose of this study was to investigate the benefits to health and well-being of allotment gardening (in Wales, UK) in a communitydwelling older adult sample, with a particular emphasis on stress recovery. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore allotment gardener participants’ personal beliefs and ideas of the benefits of their allotment gardening activity. The transcribed intervi...

Emergency Gardening

About a year ago one of the neuro-psychiatric Emergency Hospitals ? added gardening to its other branches of occupational therapy. It has been suggested that my experiences during that year might be of interest to those engaged in, or about to undertake, similar work. As I consider that a number of rather vague general statements without chapter and verse are almost valueless, I have?in this ar...

On Gardening

for most things to develop their full capacity and prove their suitability or lack of it. A lot can go wrong. Trees that cast a large area of shade for smaller subjects or come into conflict with others through overcrowding ought to have been given more room or perhaps put to the east side when they should have been put to the west to protect others from the prevailing wind. But if one assumes ...