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ACGA 2007 Conference T-Shirt
Couldn't make it to the conference? You can still get the t-shirt
This great design will impress your fellow community gardeners. Get yours today!
Sizes: Adult M, L, XL
ACGA Members: $10.00 US
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GROWING COMMUNITIES
Growing Communities: How to Build Community
Through Community Gardening
by Jeanette Abi-Nader, David Buckley, Kendall Dunnigan and Kristen Markley
ACGA's publication, Growing Communities Curriculum, provides an in depth exploration of the practices and strategies community organizers can use to develop dynamic leaders and create strong programs using a participatory approach to community building. This 300+ page curriculum builds on the work of Cultivating Community and years of ACGA experiences, especially those of our From the Roots Up mentorship and training program.
This invaluable resource presents ten core principles of community building (chapter 1) that form the foundation for a participatory approach to leadership, community and organizational development. Strategies for implementing these principles are then discussed in terms of community organizing at the community garden level (chapter 2) and in how to create and strengthening a community garden organization (chapter 3).
Accompanying each of these core chapter concepts are a set of workshop curricula that walk the reader through the process of conducting a training on each topic. These curricula are based on workshops developed and presented by professional trainers. To strengthen the impact of these workshops, information on adult learning and workshop facilitation (chapter 4) is included. Finally, the Growing Communities Curriculum includes an appendix with resources lists, handouts and other useful information.
Workshops Included in the Curriculum
- Diversity
- Asset-Based Community Development
- Community Organizing 101
- Leadership Development
- Meeting Facilitation and Group Decision-Making
- Developing a Board of Directors
- Grassroots Fundraising - The Basic
- Grassroots Fundraising - Specific Strategies
- Communications Planning
- Coalition Building
Pricing:
ACGA Members: 35.00 US
Non-members: $40.00 US
Plus S&H: $ 7.00 US
Bulk orders: For every 10 copies you order we will give you an additional copy for free!
Electronic Version of the Growing Communities Curriculum
Get all of the same great information in the 352-page curriculum, on this convenient CD. The curriculum is a .PDF for easy printing and reference.
ACGA Members: $4.00 US
Non-members: $6.00 US
Plus S&H: $ 3.00 US
CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES
Cultivating Community: Principles and Practices for Community Gardening as a Community-Building Tool
In this ACGA publication, authors Karen Payne and Deborah Fryman explore basic principles and values of successful community empowerment programs of any kind, and illustrate how these principles have been applied to community gardens across the country. The document showcases how community gardening programs can advance community development, empower local leadership and nurture families, strengthen economic development and improve overall quality of life.
Funded by the Annie B. Casey Foundation it is intended as a resource for individuals, organizations and coalitions whose specific aim is to use gardens to empower people by building their skill and confidence to transform their lives and their communities. Cultivating Community provides useful tips on how to approach community gardening as an organizing tool and highlights specific practices and activities that have been proven to work. Stories and case studies from community gardens around the United Sates are featured.
ACGA Members: $5.00 US
Non-members: $8.00 US
Plus S&H: $ 5.00 US
25th ANNIVERSARY COMMUNITY GREENING REVIEW
Community Greening Review
The Community Greening Review is ACGA's annual publication, featuring a topic of interest to the community gardening world as well as to the academic, professional, and non-governmental and governmental worlds. As one of the key benefits of membership in ACGA the Community Greening Review forms an integral part of the education of all those interested in growing the community garden movement.
The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Community Greening Review is a 160-page assortment of the best articles from Community Greening Reviews and its predecessor publications, Journal of Community Gardening, over the past 25 years.
ACGA Members: $15.00 US
Non-members: $20.00 US
Plus S&H: $ 5.00 US
Community Greening Review Vol.11 "Thinking about Soil and Water"
Printed in 2002
ACGA Members: $15.00 US
Non-members: $20.00 US
Plus S&H: $ 5.00 US
Community Greening Review Vol. 12 "Urban Green Infrastructure"
Printed in 2003
ACGA Members: $15.00 US
Non-members: $20.00 US
Plus S&H: $ 5.00 US
NATIONAL COMMUNITY GARDENING SURVEY (1998)
ACGA Monographs
Over the years, the American Community Gardening Association has published a number of research monographs on a variety of topics, for the purpose of increasing the body of knowledge about community gardening, community gardens and community gardeners in North America.
National Community Garden Survey 1998
The factors that determine why a garden lasts are complex and difficult to capture in a brief survey. It is hoped, however, that at least a record of which gardens are lasting can be made, and point to some possible relationships. The survey is an attempt to record a snapshot of today's community garden condition across the country, particularly with the changes in policy and funding that have been occurring since the 1980s. It will also provide comparative information to a previous survey. The national survey was mailed to more than 40 cities, to people on the ACGA organizational member list and included managers of gardening programs, cooperative extension departments, recycling programs, greening programs and various other garden related agencies. This survey is an excerpt from Suzanne Monroe-Santos' thesis on longevity in urban community gardens and is being published as one of a series of monographs by the American Community Gardening Association.
ACGA Members: $5.00 US
Non-members: $8.00 US
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BOOKS
Edens Lost and Found
Part celebration and part inspiration, Edens Lost & Found, the companion book to the PBS series, chronicles the forward-looking transformation of America's urban landscapes and communities.
With Edens Lost & Found, award-winning filmmakers Harry Wiland and Dale Bell herald an exciting sea change in the relationship between ordinary citizens, environmental groups, and government. From across America they gather evidence of a new spirit of cooperation among neighbors, planners, architects and builders, city officials, and government agencies. Indeed, as urban issues have become undeniably urgent problems that demand answers, people from disparate backgrounds and political leanings are joining forces to recast life in American cities. For more information go to: http://www.edenslostandfound.org/
ACGA Members: $25.00 US
Non-members: $30.00 US
Plus S&H: $ 5.00 US
A Patch of Eden
America's Inner-City Gardeners
By: H. Patricia Hynes
To judge from the TV news, our cities have become a morass of drug addiction, brutal crime, and official corruption. Out of the spotlights' glare, however, in every metropolitan area of the country, city dwellers have been planting flowers, vegetables, trees, and herbs-with astonishing results. These community gardens may be modest in scale, but their contributions to the rejuvenation of America's inner cities must not be overlooked.
The gardeners of these "patches of Eden" include children and elders, immigrants, and "low-income and no-income people." And their gardens are overflowing with healthy food and beautiful flowers-dramatic evidence of an entirely new kind of ecological devotion, one expressed not in expeditions to the wilderness but in the transformation of blighted lots into green sanctuaries. A Patch of Eden celebrates the achievements of the inner-city gardeners, relating in detail the stories of community gardens in Harlem, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
ACGA Members: $15.00 US
Non-members: $20.00 US
Plus S&H: $ 5.00 US
A Handbook of Community Gardening
by Boston Urban Gardeners
edited by Susan Naimark
Published in 1982
This was one of the original community garden resource handbooks. Even though the book was first published in 1982, most of the advice still holds true for today. From forming your planning committee, to designing your garden, and keeping it going, this book still stands out as one of the most comprehensive resources for starting a community garden.
ACGA Members: $15.00 US
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Plus S&H: $ 5.00 US
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