Flower scent is an important trait of ornamental roses and has been character in the selection processes. In present study, composition volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by both petals pollen 21 garden (Chinensis, Climber, English rose, Floribunda, Hybrid Tea, Multiflora, Damascena, Musk Polyantha, Rugosa Shrub) was investigated through GC-MS Static Headspace method. A total 19 differen...

An environmental assessment of six scenarios for handling of garden waste in the Municipality of Aarhus (Denmark) was performed from a life cycle perspective by means of the LCA-model EASEWASTE. In the first (baseline) scenario, the current garden waste management system based on windrow composting was assessed, while in the other five scenarios alternative solutions including incineration and ...

This article summarizes a 2000 study of school garden programs and their variation and the impact of such variation on 427 third-grade students’ sense of responsibility and attitudes toward science and the environment. A teacher questionnaire was developed to gain insight into how teachers use school gardens with their students and in their curriculum. The information gathered from 28 third-gra...

Few people are familiar these days with the Table (or Tablet) of Cebes, a once renowned literary work of ancient Greece. In the past few centuries this pagan Pilgrim's Progress has only rarely appeared in print, and then usually tucked in at the end of Epictetus, to make a thin book a bit thicker. The obscurity in which it languishes does not, however, seem entirely unmerited, and to those who ...