INDEX

A biochar(s) 73
biodiversity xvi, xxiixxiii, 16, 1819,
abiotic xvi, 67, 11, 1314, 267
22, 24, 34, 4344, 49, 51, 71, 73,
acetolysis xx, 178180, 293
129130, 137, 149, 167, 212, 255,
African American xxii, 243261
261, 270
agriculture v, x, xv, xvii, xix, 42, 55
Biodiversity in Urban Gardens Study
58, 63, 65, 67, 7074, 81, 105106,
(BUGS) 4344, 153
129131, 133, 137, 143, 145, 150,
biomass xvii, 44, 55, 63, 71
193, 241242, 270, 292, 295
biotic 6, 11, 14, 36, 41, 267
Alabama 246, 252
birds xxii, 8, 15, 1819, 44, 212, 235,
alien species 36, 71
252
allotments xvii, 5558, 60, 63, 65, 67,
bodegas 188
7074
bonfires 73
Andropogon Associates 39
Boston 79, 282
anemia 88
brain 86
animals xvi, 13, 18, 34, 43, 85, 108,
Britain (British Isles) 33, 3544, 47,
149150, 173, 197, 199201, 278
156
ants 153, 156
Bronx, the 175, 195196, 198, 201,
apple 200
206, 272
aquifer 131, 137, 143
bumblebees xxi, 149150, 153, 157,
Arkansas 246
187, 193202, 204206, 221
asbestos 104, 114
Bureau of Land Management 236
Asclepias tuberosa 42
burrows 206
Australia x, xix, 130131, 144145
butterflies xxii, 44, 167, 207
B
C
Baltimore xviii, 104107, 121, 125,
cadmium 8485, 104
292
California xxii, 44, 79, 90, 211213,
bees x, xixxxii, 149150, 153,
221, 223224, 228229, 232235,
157158, 160, 163164, 167168,
294
177178, 186187, 193207,
Farm Academy 79
211215, 221236, 294
Polytechnic State University (Cal
carpenter 227
Poly Arboretum) 221, 228229, 234
cuckoo 228, 231, 234
poppy 221
leaf-cutter 207
State Fair 79
sweat 187, 221, 227228
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Calluna vulgaris 156
Canada 235, 281
Capra, Fritjof 78, 25
carbon (C) xvii, 12, 42, 45, 5559,
6263, 6573, 85, 95, 134, 137138,
140, 158, 165, 175176, 178, 180,
202, 274, 281, 286, 293
dioxide (CO2) 56
cardiovascular disease 88
Center for Land-Based Learning 79,
8182
cereal crops 56
chemicals xviii, xxiixxiii, 89, 15,
57, 8586, 104, 107108, 121122,
125, 242, 258
Chicago xxii, 44, 79, 241249,
253254, 257, 259263, 273, 276
children 22, 25, 8586, 88, 90, 95,
104, 108, 121, 123124, 212, 246,
248, 261, 271, 285
China 247248
Chinese xxii, 243249, 251, 253256,
258262
civic ecology 272, 274, 284286
Clean Air Act 88
Cleveland Ecological Landscaping 9
Cleveland, OH 9
climate regulation 55
climatic models 42
Coleoptera 156
collards 199200, 202, 214, 251252,
256
Colorado 4142
Community Greening Resource Net-
work (CGRN) 105, 118, 292
compost xxiii, 58, 63, 71, 73, 108,
177, 258260, 262, 282
conflict 284
copper 85, 124
corn 95, 97, 214, 250, 252, 254
Cornell 269270, 272, 278
Cooperative Extension 270
University 269270
Cornwall 4748
cosmos 214215, 223, 225227
Creative Conservation Agenda 38
crops x, xxixxii, 5659, 61, 72, 74,
108, 112, 116, 123, 130, 134, 149,
151, 188, 193197, 199202, 204
207, 243, 245, 248, 250, 252258,
260263, 271
genetically modified 57
cucumber x, xxxxi, 174178,
180187
Cues to Care 16, 21, 38
D
daffodils 214
Davis, California xviii, 44, 81, 90,
131, 221, 223, 235
decomposers 36
Detroit, IL 79
developing world 56
Diboll, Neil 39
Dig for Victory 57
Diptera 153, 156, 202, 207
Dorchester, Massachusetts 124
E
earthworm(s) 11
East Harlem 175, 177, 188, 195196,
198199, 201
Ecological Landscaping Association
4, 9, 23
ecological niche 36
Eden Project 4748
Edinburgh 151
educators 270, 277280, 282283,
285, 295
eggplants 194, 197, 252
energy efficiency 20
EPA 94, 121, 260261
erosion 33, 48, 56, 259260
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Europe(an) v, 34, 36, 42, 50, 56, 150,
194, 204
eutrophication 41, 56
evaporation 15, 134
F forbs xvi, 34, 3637, 39, 4142, 45,
farmland xixxx, 56, 150151,
153154, 156164, 167168
farms xxii, 56, 79, 81, 112113, 151,
157, 242, 250, 252
city 56
feces 108
fences 16, 38, 248, 278
fertilizer(s) xvii, xxiii, 13, 15, 19, 55,
58, 6263, 73, 107, 177, 258259,
262
synthetic xxiii, 55, 73, 258259, 262
fill 108, 116, 124, 174
flood(s) 55
mitigation 55
flora 3637, 4143, 259
floral cover x, xx, 173, 176, 178,
180184, 186187
flower(s) xixxxi, 16, 3637, 149
162, 164165, 167, 173, 175181,
183188, 194195, 197, 200, 202,
205207, 212, 214215, 221,
223228, 233, 278
flower-visitor xix, 150155, 157161,
164, 167
food v, xv, xviixviii, xxixxiii, 11,
16, 18, 44, 5557, 71, 73, 103, 105,
112, 129130, 134, 145, 150, 163
164, 168, 178, 188, 193, 195196,
211212, 234, 241257, 259263,
268, 271, 278, 281282, 284286
preserving 250
prices 57
production xvii, 5657, 71, 129130,
134, 145, 178, 188, 195196, 242,
248, 260, 263, 268
security xvii, xxi, xxiii, 56, 73, 193,
242243, 281, 284285
web(s) 11, 16, 234
foraging x, xxi, 187, 205206, 221,
227
50, 152
forestry 130, 133, 137, 274, 285
community 274, 285
fossil fuel 15
4-H 269
France 42
Franklin, Carol 39
Fruit x, xixxxii, 5759, 61, 63,
7173, 129, 133, 173176, 186188,
193194, 197, 200202, 242, 254
G
Garden Inventory 270271, 279
Garden Mosaics xxiii, 269272,
276284, 286, 295
garden(s) x, xv, xviixxiii, 6, 16, 19,
33, 37, 3940, 4245, 47, 50, 5659,
6162, 65, 67, 69, 71, 7981, 8384,
8688, 9395, 9798, 103108,
111116, 120125, 129131, 133
134, 136139, 141, 145, 150151,
173, 175178, 180188, 193207,
211216, 221229, 231, 233236,
241263, 267274, 276286,
291295
community x, xv, xviiixxiii, 56, 80
81, 83, 98, 103, 105107, 113, 125,
129, 133, 137, 173, 175, 177, 182,
186188, 193207, 211, 213214,
221, 224, 226, 235, 241243, 248
249, 260261, 267269, 271274,
279, 281, 284285, 294
domestic xv, xvii, 5859, 6162, 65,
67, 69
residential 137, 151, 211, 221
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rooftop 193 herbivores 36

suburban 4344 herbs 199200, 211, 214, 242, 251,
Gardener Story 270272 254
gardeners ix, xviiixix, xxiixxiii, 43 hollyhocks 214
44, 73, 95, 103116, 118, 120125, honeybees 149, 153, 157, 187, 194,
177, 186188, 196197, 200, 204, 204, 221, 225228, 232, 234235
206, 213214, 222, 224225, 231, hoverfly xx, 150, 157, 163, 167168
233, 235236, 241248, 250252, Hymenoptera 153, 156
254, 256263, 268272, 276279,
281286, 294 I
garlic 252 ice age 36
gasoline 8586, 88 Indiana 104
geophytes xvi, 34 infertility 88
Grand Mesa 41 insect(s) xix, xxii, 149150, 152153,
grass(es) xvi, 3334, 3839, 41, 44, 156, 162163, 168, 174, 176, 180,
4748, 152, 278 186, 204205, 207, 235236, 255,
grassland(s) 44, 70, 204 272, 284, 293
green beans 214 invertebrates 4344, 49, 73, 212
green space x, xvii, xxii, 20, 33, 40, iron 85
4445, 47, 5759, 6162, 65, 6768, irrigation ix, xix, 6, 13, 18, 129131,
7072, 103, 125, 193, 196, 205207, 133135, 137, 139, 141145
212
groundwater xix, 15, 130131, K
133134, 139, 141144, 260 kale 199200, 202
Guelph 235 Kansas 104
H L
halictids 226 LandBase 61, 291
Harlow Carr47, 50 Landlife/National Wildflower Centre
health ix, xviii, xxi, xxiii, 78, 38
1213, 16, 73, 8586, 103104, 106, landscape ix, xvxvi, xix, 320, 24
108, 110111, 119, 122, 125, 134, 27, 3436, 38, 42, 47, 51, 152161,
260262, 285, 292 164165, 167, 205207, 236, 245,
hazard 86, 134 256257, 291
Healthy Towns Initiative 57 architecture 9, 35
heat island 130 design ix, xv, 45, 12, 17, 27
hedgerow 151 parcels xvi, 34, 67, 913, 1520,
hedges 38, 63 24, 26
Hemiptera 153, 156 landscaping xvxvi, xix, 325, 27, 40,
herbaceous 3334, 3740, 45, 47, 51, 129131, 133, 137, 140, 144145,
58, 6162, 65, 6869 291
herbicides 233, 258
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chemicals 9 meadow 35, 41, 50, 164, 206

ecological xvxvi, 35, 812, 1425, Mediterranean 43
27, 40, 291 megachilids 226
industry 1415 melon 248, 254, 256, 258
recreational xix, 129131, 133, 137, mentoring 270, 273
140, 144145 metal(s) xviii, 81, 8486, 90, 104, 114,
social-ecological 9 125, 246, 260
Latino 243244 alloys 85
lavender 214215 heavy xviii, 8485, 104, 125, 246,
lawn(s) 34, 6, 1416, 1819, 21, 25, 260
38, 4142, 45, 51, 134, 137, 141, Mexican xxii, 214215, 243244,
242, 255 246251, 253256, 258259, 261
management 16, 21 Mexico 247, 254
leaching 56, 260 minority 63, 245, 263, 271, 275, 277,
lead xviii, xxii, 11, 17, 1920, 27, 41, 285
79, 8491, 9395, 9798, 104, 108, groups 245
121124, 236, 258, 260262, 275, mints 199
294 Mississippi 246, 252
poisoning 8586, 88, 121 mowing 6, 11
Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Preven- mulch(es) 11, 13, 46, 48, 71, 123, 134,
tion Act 88 260
leaf 15, 71, 207, 227 munitions 85
blowers 15
litter 71 N
learning x, xxiii, 21, 79, 8182, 112, nasturtium 214
212213, 224225, 262, 267277, National xviixviii, xx, 4, 910, 25,
279, 281286 38, 40, 42, 47, 59, 70, 73, 151, 157,
leaves 15, 63, 193, 200, 254 236, 270271, 285, 293, 295
edible 200 Botanical Garden of Wales 47
Leicester 43, 5960, 62, 7071, 291 Forum on Children and Nature 285
Lepidoptera 156 Gardening Association 9, 40, 42
lettuce 214 Park Service 236
Los Angeles 213 Science Foundation (NSF) 270, 277,
lowland(s) 70 295
Soil Map 59
M Wildlife Federation 4, 10, 25, 236
manure xvii, 58, 63, 71, 73, 258259 Resources Conservation Service
marketing 25 (NRCS) 236
Massachusetts 9, 124, 206 nature xixxx, 12, 22, 3940, 43, 45
Master Gardener 116, 258 46, 51, 104, 119, 150151, 153154,
MasterMap 61, 291 156164, 167168, 196, 212, 214,
Mawson Lake 131 224, 285286
302 Index

reserve(s) xixxx, 150151, 153 P

154, 156164, 167168
paint(s) 8586, 8889, 93, 198
nature-deficit disorder 22
parasites 36
nectar 164, 176177, 194, 206, 212,
parthenocarpy 176
216, 221, 223, 233
Pasadena 235
Neighborhood Inventory 270
pavement(s) 137, 151152
nervous system 86
peach 200
nesting 18, 150, 164, 206
peanuts 252
neurotoxicity 8687
peas 95, 252
New Jersey 41
Pennsylvania 277
New York xxxxi, 79, 175, 182,
pepperbush 206
193196, 201, 203204, 206207,
peppers 95, 194, 199200, 204, 252
277, 282, 294
percolation 15
nitrogen (N) xvii, 19, 56, 5859, 61,
Perth xix, 129131, 133, 139,
63, 6570, 72, 176177, 194, 199
141142, 145
200, 216, 248, 260, 280, 283, 293
pest(s) 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, 42, 107, 263
North America 35, 37
pesticide ix, 8, 11, 17, 258, 284
North American Pollinator Protection
petrochemicals 73
Campaign 236
Philadelphia 79, 282
nuclear 85
Phoenix, Arizona 17
imaging 85
phosphorous 19
reactors 85
pigment 8586
nutrient(s) xxiii, 11, 1415, 19, 5556,
Pingree Potato Patches 79
58, 7174, 115, 130, 137, 246, 250,
plant(s) x, xvxvi, xixxxiii, 3, 69,
258260, 262263
1114, 18, 2021, 25, 3337, 3947,
holding capacity 56, 58, 72
49, 51, 56, 63, 7172, 85, 95, 104,
116, 120121, 124, 129130, 134,
O
140, 149152, 155156, 159160,
OHare Airport 44 162, 164165, 167168, 173178,
Ohio 36, 40, 291 180, 184188, 193196, 200, 206
Ecological Landscaping Conference 207, 212216, 221230, 232236,
xv, 9, 17, 40, 291 243, 245, 250, 252, 254259,
okra 95, 252 261263, 269, 271272, 277279,
open spaces xix, 129, 131, 137, 139, 281, 284
141 native xix, 21, 3436, 3944, 134,
organic matter (OM) xxiii, 56, 58, 140, 156, 160, 164, 212, 221, 229,
62, 67, 7374, 90, 93, 179, 246, 243
258260, 262 plastics 85, 254
ornamental xv, 3, 67, 130, 175, 200, plums 200
206, 214, 255, 257 pokeweed 254
Owen, Jennifer 4344, 205, 212, 234,
236
Index 303

pollen x, xxxxii, 153, 156, 163164, San Francisco 213, 222, 235
167, 173188, 194, 202, 205207, San Luis Obispo xxii, 211, 213214,
212, 216, 221, 223, 233, 293 221222, 228229, 234235
beetles 153, 156 Scotland 152
transfer 174175 scrub 35
pollination xv, xxi, 149, 176, 180, 194, seedlings 37, 4546, 51, 177
196197, 199201, 204205, 207, seeds xxixxii, 13, 15, 37, 4548,
212, 255, 284, 286 51, 173174, 177, 187, 193, 197,
pollution9, 16, 19, 24, 104, 259, 262, 200202, 254, 256, 258, 262, 278
274 semi-metals 84
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 124 Sheffield Botanic Gardens 47
potassium 259 shrubs 8, 16, 33, 38, 6163, 65, 69, 71
potatoes 250, 252 slug 37, 47
poverty 193, 244 snail(s) 37
prairie 4, 3839, 41, 4750, 276 social x, xvxvi, xviii, xxiii, 36,
Prairie Nursery 39 912, 14, 1617, 1921, 23, 25, 35,
pre-urbanization 41, 71 39, 103, 119, 122, 125, 144, 188,
predators 36, 255 198, 242, 244, 246, 257258, 263,
pumpkins xx, 200, 228 267269, 272277, 281286
Pyrenees 258 capital 16, 257, 283284, 286
networks 244, 246, 258
R sociology 8
railroad ties 124 soil ix, xv, xviixix, xxiii, 6, 11, 16,
rare earths 84 19, 41, 46, 5556, 5859, 6163,
raspberries 194, 200 6570, 7274, 8081, 85, 88, 9091,
remodeling 88 9396, 103108, 110116, 118125,
rhizomes 37 133135, 164, 177, 242, 246,
riverbank 273 258262, 278, 282, 291292
Robinson, G. 34, 5556, 178, 293 contaminants ix, xviii, xxiii, 103
rodent 206 104, 107108, 110, 112, 121122,
Roggeveld Plateau 41 125
roofs 2021, 3436, 4142 fertility 107108, 115
brown 34 organic carbon (SOC) xvii, 56, 58,
green 2021, 36, 41 6263, 6569, 7073
impervious 20 remediation 104, 116
rosemary 214215 testing 104, 106, 111, 114, 118, 122,
Royal Horticultural Society 47, 72 258
run-off xxiii, 13, 15, 1920 soup kitchens 107
South Africa 41, 270, 281
S Spain 258
Sacramento xviii, 7982, 92, 235, 272, spiders 8
291
304 Index
spring 36, 47, 4950, 91, 160,
221224, 227, 229, 258
sprinklers 130, 133134, 137
squash 200, 228, 252
stewardship xxiii, 267268, 273274,
276, 281285
stormwater xxiii, 1920, 58, 259260,
262
infiltration xxiii, 58, 259
strawberries 199200, 204
students xviii, 21, 33, 35, 81, 267,
272278, 284
sulfur 8788
summer 3637, 41, 49, 141, 214215,
221, 223, 243, 246, 250, 269, 272,
277278
sunflowers 116, 202, 206, 214215
sunlight 13, 198
Surrey 47, 49
sustainability xvi, 5, 14, 1617, 2022,
4042, 56, 73, 255, 257, 262263,
286
Sustainable Sites Initiative 4, 10, 23
Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDS)
3435
systems thinking 78, 22, 24
T 277, 281, 286, 291292
Technical Review Workgroup of the
Environmental Protection Agency 91
thrips 152
thyme 214
tomatillos 199
tomatoes 194, 199, 202, 204205, 214,
251252, 257
topsoil 46, 58, 61
Toronto 257
trees 3, 8, 33, 38, 4344, 5859,
6163, 65, 69, 71, 93, 129, 137, 140,
164, 200, 202, 206, 242, 278
fruit 71, 129, 202
Tremont Community Garden 182,
187188, 198
turf 134
turnip 252
U
United Kingdom (UK) xvixvii, 36,
3839, 4243, 46, 4850, 5759, 61,
7072, 149153, 167, 204, 293
United States (U.S., USA) v, xxii, 33,
3541, 45, 57, 243, 269, 281
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
105, 107, 236
Fish and Wildlife Service 236
Forest Service 236
University of California 90, 221, 223,
233, 235, 294
University of Sheffield xvi, 43
uranium 85
urban v, ixx, xvxxiii, 310, 12,
1417, 2023, 25, 3347, 51,
5559, 6162, 6574, 7982, 85,
88, 97, 103106, 110, 112113, 116,
118, 120122, 124125, 129131,
133134, 137, 143145, 149151,
153154, 156164, 167168, 173,
175, 181, 186188, 193196, 204
207, 211213, 221, 236, 241243,
256259, 261263, 269, 271, 274,
cooling 137
desert 71
ecology 8, 10, 17, 34, 44, 160, 204
forest xix, 129, 133
home food garden (UHFG) xxii
xxiii, 242, 256257, 260, 262
park 33
urbanization 34, 4142, 56, 71,
149150, 154, 162163, 168
V
Victory Gardens xviii, 103
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W waterways 8
weather xix, 20, 88, 133, 224,
Wales 47, 59, 152, 293
256257, 278
walls 7, 11, 38, 164
Weed Watch 270272, 279
Washington 104
weed(s) 1415, 38, 4648, 63, 214,
wastes 1415, 24, 46, 63, 7374,
260, 270272, 279, 295
9394, 258, 262
weeding 6, 11, 204
household 73
Wild Ones 10
water ixx, xix, 6, 9, 13, 1520, 55
wildlife xxii, 4, 10, 18, 23, 25, 49,
56, 58, 61, 7172, 8586, 90, 108,
212, 236237
123, 129131, 133134, 137, 139,
Wisconsin 39
141145, 179, 234, 246, 258260,
woodland 35, 38, 50, 70, 151,
262, 278, 292
153156, 164
consumption 137, 139, 141142
World War II 103
drinking 131, 137, 139, 141, 144
filtration 56
X
fresh 55
purification 55 Xerces Society 212, 236
storm xxiii, 1920, 58 259260, 262
tap 123
Z
watermelon 194 zinc 85, 8788
watershed 274 zucchini 200, 204, 252
restoration 274