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I'm Charlie Nardozzi. People are growing plants in the wildest places these days. There are rooftop gardens sprouting up on top of 30 story buildings, container gardens on balconies and fire escapes, and now living green walls in cities, schools and homes. The green wall revolution coincides with the increased interest in urban gardening. Gardeners are growing everything in green walls. I saw a school once in Queens that had a living green wall indoors to help purify the air. Many common plants can filter off-gasses emitted by paints and carpets. And you don't have to live in a city for it to make sense. I was at the Coastal Maine Botanic Garden last summer and they have a green edible wall filled with basil and cherry tomatoes. In my latest book, Urban Gardening for Dummies, coauthored with Paul Simon, we devote a whole chapter just to vertical gardening. Space saving is always a good idea and green wall technology now makes it easier for a home gardener to grow up. To grow a vertical garden at home, you can purchase simple kits with pots that hook on a wire screen that can be mounted to a wall or sophisticated planting devices with drip irrigation and fertilizer systems. You also can make a simple green, wall garden with old wooden pallets. Here's how. Fix any lose boards and remove protruding nails. Staple landscape fabric around the back and three sides of your pallet. Place plants in the one side that will be the top and then lay the pallet horizontal and fill it with potting soil. Plant transplants in the open slats, mixing flowers, veggies and even strawberries. Let them grow on the ground for a few weeks to get established keeping them well watered, then prop up the pallet to grow vertically.
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About This BookAuthor’s goal: To provide an A-Z guide for the urban gardener. Topics include preparing urban soil conditions, how to plant, where you can plant, and the many types of plantings suitable for urban gardens. And, of course urban edibles are especially covered.
You will also learn some techniques from reducing air and water pollution, how gardens may reduce crime, increase property values, and contribute to healthier, improved neighborhoods.
From rooftops, balconies, patios, along walls and stairways, or growing indoors, the authors cover many urban gardening techniques and trends to help get you started right away!
Paul Simon Education: University of Kentucky with degree in
Landscape Architecture from the College of Agriculture, Food and
Environment
Employment: White + Burke Real Estate Investment Advisors The National Gardening Association
Portfolio: parkarchitecture.com
Charlie is a nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, radio, and television personality. He has worked for more than 20 years bringing expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, talks, on-line, and the printed page. He's authored four books including Urban Gardening for Dummies, hosts In the Garden on WCAX-TV and the Vermont Garden Journal on VPR.
Well known as:
• Public speaker • TV show host• Radio show host• Book author and free lance • web and print writer• Garden coach
charlienardozzi.com
Part I: Urban Gardening 101An overview of urban gardening, from preparing healthy soil conditions, how to plant, where you can plant and the many types of plantings suitable for urban gardens, especially edibles!
Part II: Gardening BasicsHere is where we really dig-into the book! From analyzing soil types, understanding soil pH, drainage, poor and contaminated soil conditions.
Part III: Places and Ways to GardenSo where can you garden in the city? This part of the book provides many answers to this question from the ground up! From changing a parking space into a mini-garden or how to make an elevated rooftop garden with a view.
Part IV: Growing Plants in the CityWhether you’re gardening in a container on an apartment balcony or in the ground in a community garden or your own backyard, you’ll need to know the basics of growing all your favorites plants.
Part V: Growing to PerfectionOnce all your gardens are planted and you’re happy with your choices, now the on-going maintenance begins. In this section we’ll describe the best ways to weed your gardens and the advantages of using various mulches to keep weeds at bay and retain soil moisture.
Part VI: Parts of TensFrom the top ten essential garden tools to ten kid-friendly ways to garden in the city, this section provides an assortment of helpful and creative urban gardening solutions.
How the Book is organized
Chapter 1: Gardening in the City
Chapter 1: Gardening in the City
Vacant Lots
Lafayette Greens, Detroit Urban Garden designed by Kenneth Weikal Landscape ArchitecturePromotes: Urban Agriculture, Community Gardening, Public Gathering, and Productive Urban Landscape
Finding Places to Garden in the City
Chapter 1: Gardening in the City
Grow it on the Roof Grow it in a Pot
Finding Places to Garden in the City
Chapter 1: Gardening in the City
Grow Creatively Creative Containers
Finding Places to Garden in the City
Chapter 1: Gardening in the City
Finding Places to Garden in the City – Front Yard Gardens
Grow Food, Not Lawns
Chapter 1: Gardening in the City
The National Gardening Association
Grow it Inside On the Balcony
Finding Places to Garden in the City
Paul Simon
Why Garden the City? - Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Urban Gardening• Discover the value of growing food in the city• Understanding how well-designed landscapes help reduce pollution• Find out how urban gardens can help reduce energy use• How gardens contribute to healthier, more valuable neighborhoods
Reduce Air & Water Pollution
Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Urban Gardening
Reduce NoiseChapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Urban Gardening
Lower Winds
Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Urban Gardening
Increase Urban Wildlife
Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Urban Gardening
More Food Production
Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Urban Gardening
Neighborhood Health
Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Urban Gardening
Improving the Neighborhood
Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Urban Gardening
Chapter 3: The Urban Microclimate
The Urban Heat Island Effect
Chapter 3: The Urban Microclimate
Summer Solar Path
Chapter 3: The Urban Microclimate
Winter Solar Path
Chapter 3: The Urban Microclimate
The Windy City: Working with Seasonal Urban Winds
Chapter 3: The Urban Microclimate
The Windy City: Knowing your Hardiness Zone
Growing to Help Reduce Energy Use
Chapter 3: The Urban Microclimate
Chapter 4: Getting to know your soil
Understanding Soil Types
Figuring out what you have
The Squeeze Test
The Ribbon Test
The Jar Test
Clay Soil
Sandy Soil
Silty Soil
Ribbon Test Jar Test
Urban SoilsChapter 4: Getting to know your soil
Chapter 4: Getting to know your soil
Chapter 5: Feeding and Fertilizing your soil
Using Organic Fertilizers
Why Fertilize?
The Advantage of Organics
Types of Organic Fertilizers
Plant-Based Fertilizers
Animal-Based Fertilizers
Blood MealBonemeal
Fish PoductsAnimal Manures
Alfalfa MealCorn Gluten
Cottenseed MealSeaweed
Soyben Meal
Chapter 5: Feeding and Fertilizing your soil
Composting Composting with Worms
Chapter 6: Getting your Hands Dirty: Planting How-To
Planting Annual Flowers and Veggies
Flower Containers Flower Combos
Chapter 6: Getting your Hands Dirty: Planting How-To
Raised Bed Gardening
Chapter 6: Getting your Hands Dirty: Planting How-To
Seed-Starting and Growing your own Seedlings
Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor Room
Extend your interior use of space into an outdoor room
Garden Dining Area – HGTV Outdoor The Green Room – by Landscape Architects Network
Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor Room
Accenting your garden with special gateways
Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor Room
Accenting your garden with special gateways
Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor Room
Accenting your garden with unique plants
Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor Room
Turning Recycled Materials into Garden Art
Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor Room
Turning Recycled Materials into Garden Art
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Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor Room
Turning Recycled Materials into Garden Art
Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor RoomRepurposed Pallets
Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor RoomAdventure Gardening
Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor RoomAdventure Gardening
Chapter 7: Creating an Outdoor RoomAdventure Gardening
Chapter 8: Containing Your Gardening
Surveying your container options
Elevated PlantersChapter 8: Containing Your Gardening
Rolling Beds
Chapter 8: Containing Your Gardening
Grow Bags
Chapter 8: Containing Your Gardening
Upside Down
Chapter 8: Containing Your Gardening
Chapter 9: A Garden with a View: The Rooftop Garden
Rooftop Garden of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco – The New York Times
Chapter 9: A Garden with a View: The Rooftop Garden
What’s the difference? Green Roof vs Roof Garden
Chapter 9: A Garden with a View: The Rooftop Garden
Green Roof - Extensive Hybrid System
Roof Garden - Intensive
Chapter 10: Going Vertical in your Garden
Climbing Plants
Chapter 10: Going Vertical in your Garden
Green walls
Chapter 10: Going Vertical in your Garden
Edible Vertical Gardens
Chapter 10: Going Vertical in your Garden
Pocket Gardens
Chapter 10: Going Vertical in your Garden
Straddling Plant Container
Chapter 10: Going Vertical in your Garden
Balcony Planter
Picture Frame Gardening
Chapter 10: Going Vertical in your Garden
Pergola
Chapter 10: Going Vertical in your Garden
Garden Trellis
Garden Arbor
Plants as Art
Murals
Murals
Fish Tanks
Green Car
Green Barby
Containers Add Height
All One Flower
Multi-colored
Flower and Foliage
Foliage Color
Foliage Bank
Succulents
A Slew of Succulents
Succulents in a Table
Double Flower Pot
Trees in the City
Dwarf Trees?
Espalier
Top Urban Trees: Crape Myrtle
Japanese Tree Lilac
American Hornbeam
Serviceberry
Service Berries
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Food in the City
Keyhole Bed
Urban Raised Beds
On-Line Planner
Design your Own Garden
Your Kitchen Garden
Square Foot Garden
Succession Planting
Polyculture
Edibles in Containers
Trellis
Grapes in The Air
Container Tomatoes
Self Watering Container
Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter
Top Hat blueberry
Brown Turkey Fig
Alpine Strawberries
Pretty in Purple Hot Peppers
Thumbelina carrot
Terrenzo tomato
Fairy Tale Eggplant
Groundcherry
Blackberry
Edible Flowers
Beautiful Edibles
Transform Yard
Beautiful Urban Garden
Additional Resources - Chittenden Co.
Additional Resources
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