JEFF HOU & JULIE JOHNSON--GREENING CITIES, GROWING COMMUNITIES: LEARNING FROM SEATTLE'S URBAN COMMUNITY GARDENS

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Greening Cities, Growing Communities focuses on six community gardens in Seattle. These case studies reveal how community gardens serve larger community issues, such as food security; urban ecosystem health; demonstration of sustainable gardening and building practices; active living and pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods; and equity concerns. Jeff and Julie also examine how landscape architects, planners, and design professionals can better work together to make these unique urban open spaces, and how community gardens offer opportunities for community activism and urban sustainability.  Jeffrey Hou and Julie M. Johnson are associate professors of landscape architecture at the University of Washington.