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Assessing Changes in Virginia Master Gardener Volunteer Management
Master Gardener (MG) volunteers are nonpaid, education partners with Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE). VCE MGs have assisted Extension agents in meeting VCE's educational goals and mission by following the Sustainable Landscape Management educational program objectives within the VCE Plan of …
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William Andrews Nesfield (1794-1881) artist and landscape gardener
Contrary to past opinions William Andrews Nesfield's garden layouts were not solely designedt o provide appropriatea ccompanimentsto the Elizabethana nd Jacobean revival architecture of his brother-in-law Anthony Salvin (1799-1881). Nor were they conceived chiefly to provide his wealthy patrons …
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WILLIAM ANDREWS NESFIELD [1794-1881] ARTIST AND LANDSCAPE GARDENER
Contrary to past opinions William Andrews Nesfield's garden layouts were not solely designed to provide appropriate accompaniments to the Elizabethan and Jacobean revival architecture of his brother-in-law Anthony Salvin (1799-1881). Nor were they conceived chiefly to provide his wealthy patrons …
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The Gardener Architect: designing with the emergent natures of places
… the living – whilst affording them agency. For a gardener architect, architecture is the improvisatory choreography of the elements’ rhythms. The role of the designer is dual: to design patterns that will guide the performance of a place by its multiple inhabitants and simultaneously develop a …
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The Landscape Architect as Plantsman: Materiality, Representation and Finding the Lost Gardener
Plants are the unique materials of landscape architecture, and, as any landscape architect will attest, the first question likely to be posed by a new acquaintance will be about a plant. Today's world offers landscape architects more and more opportunities and demands requiring a broad and thorough …
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Volunteer Motivation and Satisfaction Associated With the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener Program
A small sample of inactive Master Gardeners indicated health issues and returning to full-time employment as reasons for leaving the program, but there was no conclusive evidence as to why volunteers exited the program. All current gardeners were satisfied with the program but were concerned about …
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EAST TEXAS MASTER GARDENER CHARACTERISTICS, VOLUNTEER CHOICES, AND WILLINGNESS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
<p>East Texas Master Gardener volunteers were asked to participate in an exploratory Qualtrics survey during the fall of 2023. This study examined the demographic characteristics, volunteer engagement choices, and challenges of Master Gardener volunteers in Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service …
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Home Gardener Preferences, Perceptions, Knowledge and Behaviors Associated with Pest Management Strategies and Information Acquisition
… The overuse and/or misuse of pesticides by home gardeners has been verified through various reports indicating home gardeners may fail to recognize opportunities to implement more preferable pest management practices such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM). A series of three surveys, facilitated …
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A Business Plan for the Implementation of a Green Gardener Certification Program in San Luis Obispo County
… business plan for the implementation of a Green Gardener Certification Program in San Luis Obispo County. There is a need locally to conserve resources and to reduce pollution. Landscape maintenance professionals need the opportunity to receive further training in their field for licensing …
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The Growing Together Project: Understanding impacts on field day attendees and Iowa Master Gardeners
… between the ISU Extension and Outreach Master Gardener program and the Human Sciences Extension, was created to increase food security in Iowa. The two major components of the partnership were the pantry donation gardens located at the ISU Home Demonstration Gardens and mini-grants. These …
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Aedre, An Automated Watering System
… Aedre is designed not only for the home gardener or food producing cooperatives, but rather anyone that enjoys vegetation for decoration, consumption, or any other use. The Aedre automated irrigation solution is designed in conjunction with a smartphone based application, or human machine …
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Design of a tree root ball transporting device
… landscaping organizations or the weekend home gardener. This thesis intends to document the market for such a device and describe why the current products don't meet the specific requirements of the groups listed. The progress of designing a new device is illustrated from the initial …
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Establishing the significance of intangible heritage in the management of South Korean Historic Gardens
… and their garden heritage site and the vanish of gardener and head gardener, this study aimed to re-connect between them with strategy for understanding garden heritage sites that respects the public perception of garden heritage. The cases of Byeolseo garden shows that people generally understand …
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Will the "fight" ever end? : a critical reading of the metaphors and discourses that construct HIV/AIDS in an African context
… Le Carre's popular fiction novel The Constant Gardener and an anthology of stories and poems from Southern Africa titled Nobody Ever Said AIDS, compiled and edited by Nobantu Rasebotsa, Meg Samuelson and Kylie Thomas. Paying particular attention to the role of metaphor in discursive formation, …
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The guerrilla in the garden/
… cultivating land that does not belong to the gardener. In New York City, it emerged in the context of disinvestment and urban renewal in the 1970s as a means to clean up vacant lots, improve safety, and build social networks within neighborhoods. This study examines contemporary guerrilla …
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Celestial Bodies and Other Stories
… is based in classical mythology, following a gardener as she serves at her goddess’ temple and is subsequently exiled. “Anatomy of a Swan Song” follows two storylines, one taken from Celtic mythology, the other a modern story of a girl with a prophetic vision. “All’s Fair” follows Merry, a …
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The Value of a Person-Centred Approach to Intervention Format and Delivery in Facilitating Patient-Led Identification, Expression and the Addressing of Unmet Support Needs in Patients with Long-Term Conditions
Background Strategy documents recommend a patient-led approach to identifying and addressing the unmet support needs of patients with long-term conditions. Further recommendations advocate an intervention-model to systematically assess need based around the use of a needs-assessment questionnaire …
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Return and Recovery: The Influence of Place on Blues Murder Ballads and Laguna Ceremony Cycles
… Sterling’s banishment from Laguna. His time as a gardener allows him to reconnect with land and his interest in the Dillinger Gang history in Tucson, Arizona reconnects him to place-based stories. As a result, upon his return to Laguna he reconnects with the land and views Mt. Taylor as his elders …
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The Woman in the Garden: Representations of Femininity and Domestic Gardens in Nineteenth Century Writing and Twentieth Century Film
… and suggests that Elizabeth too was an active gardener. In this chapter I foreground notions of enclosure and retreat for the female gardener and draw attention to the meaning of space for the late nineteenth century, early twentieth century definitions of femininity. My discussion of The …
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Constructing Science and Status in Charles Darwin’s Cross-Class Correspondence Network
… nurseryman; John Scott (1836-80), a self-taught gardener; George Cupples (1822-91), a genteel writer and dog breeder; and James Croll (1821-90), a janitor-geologist. In line with recent work on the geographies of books and paper documents, I focus on the materiality of letters. I take letters …
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